Hello everyone, TomboyJessie13 here. My apologies for taking so long, I had some issues to deal with and I kept oversleeping, I also have gotten some help from a few of my friends on what to write so here it is.

~WARNING: The following chapter contains horrific elements that I will NEVER condone and are not for the easily disturbed, you have been warned~

Chapter 22

Grotesque Romance

-Entry 1, 8:25 P.M. Day 1
I feel incredibly uneasy, since being exposed to the box, I feel like I'm being watched. At first, I thought it was all just a joke to scare me, but the way the gods' been acting says otherwise.

-Allen

At Behemo's home, later in the evening, the sun has already set into a beautiful royal blue and orange twilight, the ground world is now visible in the sky, resembling a waning gibbous phase of the moon. Allen, wearing his slippers and no coat, was sitting in a fetal position in his temporary room while looking out the window, he was just given some treatment for the injury he received regarding the incident from earlier in the afternoon, that incident which involves the Demon of Discord. However, Allen didn't feel safe, he was told that the demon, despite being sealed, will still haunt him for two weeks like a ghost, much to his chagrin.

"Bah!" Allen exclaimed irritably. "I bet this is all just a cruel joke to scare me." He suggested as he jumped out of bed. Just as he did, he looked out the window to see the stars popping in the sky, he then looked at the courtyard, his bedroom is on the second floor when something caught his eyes; a silhouette of a person standing there, he couldn't see what they look like as the night is rolling in. Allen lifted an eyebrow when saw them, he opened the window to talk to him, but when he did; the person was gone. He was speechless. "Where did they go?" Allen closed the window. "Maybe one of those First Period movies would clear my mind." He went to a shelf for a tape, they range from different titles, he looked at the case spelled "Se7en" and looked at the back, he frowned his brows once he read the description. "This reminds me too much of the others back home." He said to himself, remembering the Sinners, as the movie seems to describe the Seven Deadly Sins. He then found the movie he wanted: "Ju-On". "Kayo would've wanted to see this." He then puts it on.

Apparently, it wasn't rewound to the beginning because the film seems to look like it's taking place in the bathroom, a Jakokunese woman seems to be doing her business there when she got a call.

"Hello. brother? I just called your house." The woman in the movie said in fluent Jakokunese while the film had subtitles. Suddenly, sounds of groaning and rattling can be heard. "Hello? Brother?" That made Allen shiver in fear. "Look. Stop this weird joke."

*Hangs up*

The phone hung up, there was banging in the movie. "Sorry. I just hung up." The woman left the stall, only to hear more rattling. "Who's there?" Just then a tiny teddy bear slid under the stall, and just when the woman was gonna pick it up, the stall that the bear came from opened, and out comes a scary looking woman with long messy black hair, making rattling noises. Allen immediately jolted out of bed and turned the movie off, it was too scary for him to bear.

"Maybe I should stick to the non-scary ones." Allen said that as he took the movie out, he stood up again and walked passed the window, he stopped in his tracks to see if the strange person was outside again, and they are, this time a little closer, this made Allen uneasy, he opened the window again to try to talk to him, this time they're still there, only even more closer to the manor with a blunt object in their hand, this surprised Allen, was this the "curse" the gods were talking about? Allen closed the windows and the curtains, he turned off the lamp near his bed and hid under the covers. "Wh-what the hell was that!?" He gasped out loud, he looked around the darkened bedroom in fear. Suddenly, he heard footsteps and scrapping on the ground outside the room until he saw a shadow in the window curtains, the person is on the roof of the second floor. Allen trembled with fear. "Oh god! It's him! It's the Demon of Discord." He thought to himself.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

The Demon was knocking on the window.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

"Please! Go away!" Allen said in his mind as he hid under the covers, he continued to hear the Demon's knocking until finally, it stopped. Allen peaked his head from the covers to find that the shadow in the window is gone, Allen relaxed as he turned on the lamp from the side of his bed laid on his bed. The TV suddenly started frizzing up, is the Demon in the room? Allen panicked again as he looked around the room for any more signs of the Demon, unaware that something's in his bed crawling up. "GAH!" Allen was suddenly pulled by his waist, he looked under the covers, he gasped in horror when he saw someone under his bed; a man with pale skin, short hair and a large handlebar mustache, red as blood, long black nails, a pair of widened red eyes with black slits, the whites of the eyes are colored black, and a very large unnatural grin plastered on his face, with fangs coming out. It was the Demon of Discord.

Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

He let out a very dark giggle as he grabbed Allen down with him by the waist.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"ALEXIEL! ALEXIEL, WAKE UP! WAKE UP!" A man's voice called out to him as he shook him under the covers. Allen let out a huge gasp when he woke up, he began panting heavily while covered in cold sweat. He looked around and saw a few people he knew, but it wasn't the Gods, it was his Father and Adopted family. His birth father King Arth Lucifen d'Autriche, his adopted father Sir Leonhart Avadonia, and his adopted sister Germaine Avadonia. "Are you ok?" Arth asked in a worried voice. Allen's eyes were filled with tears due to what he went through, he grabbed hold of his birth father and hugged him tightly, crying into his chest. "Shuuuuu, it's ok."

-Entry 2, 8:31 P.M. Day 1
I saw him! I saw the demon! He was trying to get after me! But then I was woken up by my birth father, was the demon really there? Or was it a dream? Either way, though I'm grateful that my father and adopted family is here, the situation is starting to stress me out.

-Allen

In the Living Room, "I knew something like this was gonna happen, so I got both of your Fathers and adopted Sister over to look after you for the night." Behemo explained as he gave tea to the guest.

"No thank you." Leonhart declined.

"I appreciate it, thank you." Allen said, wrapped in a blanket, he was sitting next to Germaine.

"You looked like you had a nightmare earlier, Allen." Germaine said. "Was this "Demon" in your dreams?"

"I think so, his face was pale, his grin was as large as a Cheshire Cat's, his eyes were filled with an evil I haven't seen since Ma's passing, and his hair was red as blood, and I'm not sure but I think he had a mustache."

"What did you say he had?" Behemo asked.

"A mustache, a large red handlebar mustache."

"That's him. That's the Demon of Discord." Behemo said, "And apparently he doesn't want to wait until midnight to haunt people this time."

"I had heard tale of this Second Period where Gods were once Human like us, was this Demon once one too? What was his name?" Arth asked.

"Marie Annette?" Behemo gestured the Demon of Pride, she arrived with a book in her arms. "She'll explain everything."

"Don't mind if I do." She plopped on the couch between Germaine and Allen, she opened a book filled with photos and newspaper clippings, It was a scrapbook. "There he is." She pointed at a photo of herself standing next to a man with the same features as the Demon that attacked him in his sleep, only more human and normal, he also seemed to be wearing glasses and a lab coat.

"That's him?" Allen asked.

"Yep, that's the Demon, AKA: Thomas Gonzo, Tom for short."

"I can't believe that's the same person."

"These must be from before he was a Demon." Leonhart said, looking over Marie's shoulder.

"Well duh, and stop breathing on my neck, you old drunk." Marie snapped.

"Sorry." He backed away.

"Anyways, Tom used to be a very nerdy, capricious, and witty lady killer and goofball, and one of the most respected scientists in the Second Period, until that fateful day...where he snapped." She said as she showed a printed news article of Tom as a giant demon hovering over several 10 to 20+ story buildings with a malicious grin on his face, he had eight feathered wings and six demon horns, he also seems to be nude. The article reads:

"Armageddon begins, the Devil rises: religious followers proclaims that the end of the world is near as what many people believed to be the Devil rises from a research center in New York City, absorbing humans who are said to be infected with Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome and causing giant corn to rain from the sky."

"What happened?" Arth said.

"To be honest, your Majesty: all of us Demons don't remember a lot of our past lives, so we don't know what happened, but some of us had theorized that Tom was infected HER very badly and went completely nuts."

"Was the HER thing that bad?" Allen asked.

"Are you kidding? The Second Period was falling apart because of it, we had to leave and create the Third Period." She slammed the book closed. "So it's possibly a no-brainer that he got infected."

"I see, so can't he be reasoned with?"

"NO WAY, KID!" Behemo yelled, startling everyone. "THERE'S NO HOPE IN TRYING TO REDEEM THAT DEMON! HE'S BECOME A COMPLETE MONSTER! EVEN GETTING CLOSE TO HIM WILL RESULT IN YOU GETTING CASTRATED!" All the men covered themselves from the waist down when they heard that. "Sorry, but yes he does do that if given the chance."

"Cripes." Leonhart said under his breath.

"Sooooo...what about the Sinners?" Allen asked. "I won't be around to look after them due to my situation."

"Don't worry about them." Behemo said. "Someone already volunteered to chaperone them."

"Who?"

Back at the box

Inside the house, Cherubim was setting up the dining room table upside down on a fleet of stairs, he also placed wheels underneath the table. "Ready?" He asked both Banica and Riliane.

"Yep." Riliane answered.

"Let's move it." Banica said, Cherubim got on with the two Sinners and while Gallerian began pushing the table to the edge.

"Wait! Wait!" Nemesis shouted next to them and gave them a broom. "Your jousting weapon."

"Ah, thank you, love." Cherubim said as he took the broom. Gallerian continued to push.

"And here we go!" He said as he finally pushed them down.

"YAHOOOOOOOO!" Riliane exclaimed as they slid down the stairs to the open door and out of the house into an open field. Cherubim aimed the broom at his target: A scarecrow made out of straw and old clothes. Soon enough he stabs the scarecrow with the broom, they slowed down. Margarita was cheering for the three Sinners while Kayo merely observes. "WE WON!"

"I'm next." Gallerian said as he took the broom.

"No, I'm next!" Nemesis snapped, taking the broom.

"And just what do you think you people are doing?" They heard someone from afar, they turned their direction to a white-haired man wearing a white cloak, he seems to be carrying a staff with jewels hanging from it in hand.

"Table Jousting." Nemesis answered. "And who are you?"

"Hey..." Banica said suddenly. "You're that Alexander guy from this afternoon, right?"

"Correct."

"Well it's a pleasure meeting you again, but we're kinda busy right now." Cherubim said as he pushed the table back, only to be stopped by Alexander's staff.

"Just a minute there." Alexander said sternly. "I did not come here all for nothing, now you are all aware that Avadonia is absent, correct?"

"Yes, he's been cursed so he's spending the night at Behemo's." Riliane said, straightening out her dress.

"Indeed, however just because he's absent doesn't mean that the God's would allow you to do whatever you want like a bunch of mindless primates." He continued, picking up his suitcase.

"No." Nemesis said in disbelief.

"So until he returns, I'm volunteering as Guardian of the Sinners."

"Are you serious?" Gallerian exclaimed.

"Indeed I am, and I do not take kindly to bad behavior and pigsties."

"Same here, now let us through." Cherubim said as he kept pushing the table.

"I'm not finished, as I was saying, you will do as your told." He summons a list of rules and gave them to Banica. "No cursing and slurs, no brawls or conflicts of any kind, I expect you all to not repeat the same sins as you did in your past lives, clean up after yourselves, dressed properly, and go to sleep on time, although you can't leave the box under any circumstances, unless by a God or Demon, there is still curfew at 9 PM, I also expect chores to be done before sundown, and no phone privileges until you earn it for good behavior. And if those rules are broken, you will expect immediate punishment." His left eye glowed white for a few seconds. "Or put whatever money your world has in the swear jar if you curse."

"Excuse me, Mr. Alexander, I understand the rules and all, but don't you think that's a bit strict?" Margarita protested.

"Yeah, I mean, what if I want to use a phone to order a pizza?" Banica asked.

"And what if I want to get in contact with Michelle, my Daughter?" Gallerian said, Nemesis only glared at him.

"Oh yes, that reminds me: No visitors outside of visiting hours." Alexander said as the Sinners turned to stone. "My apologies, but rules are rules and they must be followed, and you can all start by taking the table back to the dining hall and cleaning up the mess you made, then you can continue enjoying your evening." The Sinners, defeated, began cleaning up the mess and pushing the table. "Wait! I almost forgot." He plucks everyone's hair, they reacted with a simple "Ow". He then morphed the pieces of hair into beautiful diamond shaped gems, each corresponding to the Sinner's respective colors such as red or turquoise. The gems then entered the black diamond-shaped gem on his forehead causing his left eye to flash in seven different colors.

"What was that?" Kayo asked, rubbing her head.

"I've collected your DNA and absorbed them, so whoever is "sinning" or simply breaking any of the rules, a respective sin's color will tell me who's "sinning" and I'll come running, sort of like a lie detector but different."

"That's a bit too much don't you think?" Riliane asked in disbelief.

"That's what you think, your Highness, but this is how it's done in Crystalis to retain order among criminals who want to redeem themselves, such as yourselves. That being said: You may now continue with the cleaning." The Sinners continued on, Cherubim nudged Riliane's shoulder.

"Riliane, I never thought I say this: But I'm starting to miss your brother." Cherubim whispered.

"For once: I agree with you." Riliane whispered back.

"Don't think I didn't hear that." Alexander said, following behind. "I have good ears."

Back at Behemo's Home

-Entry 3, 8:40 P.M. Day 1
I don't feel safe, I have to keep looking over my shoulder to see if that Demon is watching me, he could attack me any moment, then something happened...

-Allen

Germaine was standing by the kitchen door, keeping an eye out for strange activity while Allen was eating homemade chicken soup, surprisingly the Demon of Pride was kind enough to make him some. He was alone with his thoughts about what he had learned about Tom, was he infected with HER? Is he bipolar? Did an experiment make him insane? Either way, because of being exposed to his aura, Allen is in big trouble, but hopefully, they'll find a way to repel him so Allen can sleep at night. As he took another spoonful, he began having the strangest urge that someone was watching him.

Allen picked up a glass of water and looked at the reflection; he first sees his own face, he then moves the glass to see who's behind him. His first thought is that Tom would be standing behind him, grinning sadistically...except it wasn't him, just Germaine standing by the door and looking into the hallway, and Behemo wearing a lab coat...no...it was someone else he knew from a very long time ago, it was Behemo's "Sister": Levia Barisol. Allen's eyes winded once he saw her, she "disappeared" a long time ago.

"Why is she...!?" Allen thought to himself as he looked at her. Something about her seemed off, she looked at the boy with a very sad look on her face, what he also notice is that her mouth is moving as if she was speaking, but he couldn't hear her at all. He turned around, but the blond-haired woman was gone, instead, it was her male counterpart Behemo, who just entered the kitchen in his sleepwear.

"Behemo! Germaine" Allen called out.

"Yeah?" They said in unison as Behemo grabbed a bag of chips before he went to the fridge.

"Did you do that? Did you see that?"

"What?" Behemo asked, grabbing a 1-liter bottle of Mt. Dew.

"I didn't see anything." Germaine said, having her sword unsheathed.

"I j-just saw someone who looked like Behemo's "Sister" on my cup." Allen stuttered.

"Really?" Behemo was baffled, "I thought she disappeared." He said as he looked around.

"You didn't know?" Germaine asked.

"I just came here to get some snacks before I play my game, how was I to know?" Behemo explained, shrugging his shoulders at the end. Allen then calmed down.

"Ok, maybe it was just my imagination, this whole ordeal with Tom is driving me crazy." Allen said as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"I should imagine so." He pats his head, "Personally I hope that cure is made sooner because I don't wanna spend two weeks babysitting a screamer."

"Not funny!" Allen cried out irritably.

Back at the box

"AAAAHHHHHHH!" Nemesis jolted awake on the couch, panting and covered in cold sweat.

"Nemesis! Are you ok?" Margarita asked, sitting next to her.

"I-I think so, I got tired from the cleaning and took a nap on the couch, then I have this crazy dream." Nemesis explained, bewildered. "Something about Allen and Soup and...? Huh, it's gone."

"Are you worried about Allen being stalked by a demon?"

"Pfft, don't be ridiculous, I'm not that soft." She blushed, she then heard her father snorting from the other side of the room. "I heard that, asshat!" Just then she felt a tap on her arm, she looked and saw Alexander holding a jar of money. "What?"

"You know I don't tolerate that kind of language, now put whatever your money your world has in the swear jar." Alexander said sternly.

"Are you kidding me?" She put a coin in the jar.

"I am not." He replied, Margarita giggled. "Wait...I'm sensing something..." He said suddenly, his left eye began glowing red. "Banica is sinning." He left the room, leaving the two Elphes in confusion. In the dining hall, Banica was removing the planks from the floor, revealing a hole underneath, and in that hole is a bottle of Blood Grave.

"Oh thank goodness they didn't confiscate you." Banica said as she licked her lips gleefully, she placed the planks down and took off with the wine, but not before bumping into Alexander. "OOF! Oh well hello there, Alexander."

"And just what do you think you're doing with that wine bottle?" He asked sternly.

"Oh yeah, the gods confiscated the alcohol here because we got drunk playing "The Kings Game", little did they know that I kept a bottle hidden under the floorboards...I shouldn't have told you, huh?"

"Yes." He snatched the bottle from her. "You shouldn't." He transported the bottle with his spell.

"NOOOOOOO!" Banica cried out in grief.

"You know the rules, no alcohol allowed." His eye turned purple. "You're ancestor is up to something." He went away again. Upstairs, Cherubim was laying on his stomach on his bed, reading the books he brought over as his face looked very heated. "Ahem."

"Yikes!" Cherubim exclaimed.

"And just what are you reading?" Alexander asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh, nothing." He stuffed the book into his coat. "Just as scary book."

"Then why is your face flushed?"

"Oh y'know." He hid another book under the pillow. "The fall weather is coming up, so I may be coming down with something." He made a nervous smile as he kicked another book under his bed.

"Uh huh." Alexander said, he snapped his fingers, causing the books to come out of hiding.

"HEY!" Alexander scanned through the pages of each book, making a disgusted look.

"These aren't scary books, they're erotic books."

"I-it isn't what it looks like."

"I thought the Gods took these away on the first day, I'll take care of that for them." He snapped his fingers, causing them to disappear.

"MY BOOOOOOOOOOOOKS!" Cherubim cried out in horror as he fell to his hands and knees.

"You will not be missing them, Venomania, your main objective here is to repent after all."

Back at Behemo's Home

-Entry 4, 8:49 P.M. Day 1
I never met Levia in person...well to tell you the truth I kinda do know her a very long time ago...as an incarnation. Apparently, she was never aware of herself until the aftermath of the Toragay Murders just before disappearing again...But how in the world is she here now? I thought she... Maybe a miracle has happened? Was it an Irregular thing? Either way, she was there and she was trying to tell me something...I couldn't hear her nor do I read lip...Oh well, at least it's better than seeing a demon with darkened eyes and horns.

-Allen

Allen was sitting on a comfortable bed in Behemo's room as he closes the journal he was given, apparently Held wanted him to document his experience before his and Sickle's departure.

"You gentlemen stay out here and make sure everything's secure out there, I'll have Germaine with me to keep a closer eye on Allen." Behemo said to both of Allen's fathers out there. "if anything happens, knock on the door twice."

"Will do, sir." Arth said.

"Yes, your grace." Leonhart said after. Behemo then shut the door.

"I hope you two don't mind but I'm gonna play my game now." Behemo sat on his loveseat couch while looking through different cases.

"Is that one of your Black Boxes, your excellency?" Germaine asks pointing at a black cubicle device.

"What Black Box?"

"She's asking about the box connected to the television thingy." Allen said.

"AHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Behemo was laughing out loud from Allen's reply. "That's not a Box, it's my Gamesquare, it's an entertainment system to play video games on, big difference HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Gamesquare..." Germaine repeated.

"*Phew* You know like in books or movies there are these stories with the main character?" Behemo calmed down.

"Oh, so it's like that but you control the character?"

"That is correct." He brushed his chin. "You're a smart lady, now watch this." He pressed the button, causing the logo to appear on the TV.

"WHOA!" Germaine was startled as she was about to take her sword out.

"Take it easy it's not black magic." He sheathed her sword back in. "Since you two are so interested, I'll pick a game for multiple players." He picked a game titled "Super Knockout Bros. Melee". "Like this one, a crossover fighting game." He puts it on. While it's starting up, Behemo plugged in three controllers, a black one for himself, violet for Allen and magenta for Germaine.

"So these buttons are for fighting?" Allen asks.

"Yeah, and the nub here is for moving your character." Behemo moves the control stick, he goes to the multiplayer option.

"Choose your character." The voice in the game said.

"Wow, there are so many characters." Germaine said, amazed.

"If you have a hard time, you can just put in "random" and the game will choose a character for you."

"Fair enough, I'm new to this anyways so." She goes for random.

"I'll go for this one." Allen chooses a hero with a green tunic.

"Good choice, but I'm going with my personal fave." Behemo went with a princess with a ninja.

"Is that her bodyguard?"

"Maybe, this is the only character that can switch places and give me extra skills, and I'm adding an extra 2 minutes because I'm giving you two the benefit of the doubt." He then pressed start and picked a level, it was a research lab near the beach.

"3...2...1...GO!" The battle starts, with four players present, with Behemo as the Princess and Allen as the hero, and two players, Germaine and a COMP being represented by a large monkey and a small man wearing a red cap.

"Which one am I?" Germaine ask.

"Try moving." Behemo said, Germaine complied.

"I'm the monkey."

"Alright, here we go!" They began fighting, only Behemo and a COMP were doing well, Germaine and Allen, not so much as they are new to this. "Geez, you two are rusty."

"What does this flower do?" Allen asked as his character picked it up, it blew fire at Germaine and the COMP. "WHOA!"

"That was scary." Germaine asked, her character picked up picked up a bunny hat and began running fast. "WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! STOP!" Her character fell off the edge and died. "Nooooooo."

"Don't worry, your guy comes back." Behemo said as her character returns. "See? However, you're a point behind because of that...AGH!" His character got shot by the COMP holding a gun, and was blown to the edge. "Crud." They continued playing for a few minutes, winning some points, and losing some until.

"5...4...3...2...1...GAME!" Their fight is over, just then both Behemo's character and the COMP are left on the arena. "SUDDEN DEATH, GO!"

"Sudden death?" Germaine asked.

"You have to kill the player first in order to break the tie and win." Behemo tried attacking the COMP's character, but he missed and the COMP knocked him out, thus winning the game.

"Bahh, I lost to a Computer."

"That was fun though I had to admit." Allen said. "At least now I know what you guys in the Second Period do for entertainment."

"Glad to know that...wait a second."

"What's the matter?"

"The fourth player is an auto player, therefore they should be colored grey, why is it green?"

"Maybe you've forgotten about it?" Germaine asks.

"No, it means..." He looked down at the Gamesquare and found that there is a fourth one connected to it colored aqua, meaning that they're clearly aren't alone. "Who's been playing with us?" Three of them first looked to their left, there was no one, then they looked to their right and saw a horrific sight that made Allen's and Behemo pale; a man with red hair and a large mustache, horns, and feathered wings, smiling at them creepily, the Demon of Discord was sitting next to them the whole time, he also seems to be "glitching" due to being an illusion.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" They both screamed at the top of their lungs upon glancing at him.

"WHAT!? WHAT'S HAPPENING!?" Germaine asked worryingly, apparently, she can't see him.

"Dammit, I forgot she can't see unless she's exposed!" Behemo said as he got to one corner of the room as Allen hid under the bed, the Demon stood tall over the cross-dressing god, he had six large wings, black demon markings on his face and ribs, his thighs and legs fade to black, and his feet are made of raven talons, and the worst part is: he's completely nude. "WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS!? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE NAKED TO BE IN THIS FORM!?" Behemo cried in horror, covering his eyes.

"Can't you turn into a dragon and eat him!?" Allen cried out.

"I CAN'T! HE'LL BURST OUT OF MY BODY OR GIVE ME A STOMACH VIRUS IF I DO!" Behemo coward as the Demon reached toward the god.

"WHERE IS HE!?" Germaine was swinging her sword.

"HE'S IN FRONT OF BEHEMO!" Allen cried out from under the bed.

"NO! TAKE ALLEN WITH YOU!" Behemo yelled at her. But she didn't listen and tried swatting him blindly, her sword went through him everytime as he's only an illusion that only Allen and Behemo can see. The Demon grabbed her by the neck with his long black tail.

"GACK!" Germaine struggled to breathe from his grip, Allen became horrified by this, he crawled out of the bed.

"THOMAS!" Allen called him out, the Demon stopped from what he was doing and slowly turned towards Allen with a look of confusion. "L-L-LEAVE MY SISTER AND BEHEMO ALONE!" Allen demanded, the Demon paused for a moment...he said:

Glady

He then dropped Germaine, she coughed upon being released from his tail's grip, the Demon stared at Allen for a moment or two and started to slowly fade from his stomach outward, grinning at the boy, he said:

Goodnight, sweet Prince

That grin made Allen extremely uncomfortable, as the grin is not just demonic; it's perverted, something that Cherubim would make from back in the day. Behemo struggled to get up from the shock while Allen checked Germaine.

"Are you ok?" Allen asked worriedly.

"Y-yeah, for an invisible demon he was very strong." Germaine asked, rubbing her neck, she then stopped and looked on with horror. "DAD! KING ARTH!" They realized that Arth and Leonhart have not responded to the noises in the room. They headed outside of the room and found them laying on the ground. "DAD! ARTH!" Behemo checked on them.

"They're ok, but they are unconscious." He checked their heads and found that they're bleeding. "They looked like they got hit in the head with a blunt object...My guess is that it was a shillelagh."

"Shillelagh?" Allen asked.

"It was the Demon's weapon of choice to either kill or knock out people with...I'll go get help."

Back at the box

In the bathroom, Gallerian was hiding in the shower with a safe on his lap, he shifted his eyes from left to right, once he made sure the coast was clear, he shut the screen to the shower and began dialing the numbers to the safe's combination lock. "23...5...18...27...2...0." He said the numbers as he turns the lock.

click

It unlocked itself, opening the safe containing all the money and jewels he owns.

"Marlon." Alexander's voice can be heard from the outside.

"ACK!" Gallerian exclaimed as he slammed the safe's door and clicked the combination lock shut, "WHAT!?"

"I detected sinning, you're not doing what I think you're doing are you?" He asked.

"N-No! I was just about to take a shower." He turned on the shower facet, getting himself and his suit soaked.

"Really? Because you smelled like you already took one."

"There's nothing wrong with taking a second one, y'know to get rid of some aches and pains and cool you down? Pffft." Gallerian spat the water out, just then he heard a snap sound, and his safe disappeared. "MY SAFE!" He exited the shower to find Alexander holding the now soaking safe in his hands.

"If you were really taking a shower, you're clothes would've been out here and folded neatly in the basket, not being soaked in a poor attempt to sin." Alexander scolded. "Though money is somewhat vital here such as groceries so instead of sending this to the Heavenly Yard, I'm keeping this with me in my compartment." He summoned a gold-colored gem and sent the safe inside it.

"HEY! GIVE THAT-" *BONK* Alexander bonked his head with his staff. "OW!"

"Now turn off the shower, change into you're sleepwear, put your wet clothes in the basket, and go to your room, bedtime's in 5 minutes." Gallerian sighed irritably and did what he's told. Nemesis was snickering outside the bathroom. "I can see you woman." He startled her. "You go to your room too."

"Yes, Mom." Nemesis said sarcastically as she entered her room. Gallerian went into the room with a very cranky Cherubim, who was laying on his bed with crossed arms and a scowl on his face.

"What's with you?" Gallerian asked, changing out of his soaked clothes.

"What do you think?" The Duke snapped. "That half-baked wizard took my erotica."

"Huh, that explains your expression."

"what does that mean?"

"What I mean is that you have the same level of sexual frustration as a person who's been denied sex for years." He buttoned up his nighttime shirt.

"Describing your own sex life, Judge?" Cherubim smirked.

"YOU RAT BASTARD!" Gallerian tackled the Duke and tried strangling him, Cherubim, of course, was laughing despite having a pair of hands around his neck, just then they got sprayed on by what appears to be a water bottle, Alexander was spraying water on them. "AHHHHGH!"

"Knock it off, you two!" Alexander said as he continued to spray water on them.

Meanwhile, in the ladies room, the girls themselves are getting ready for bed when they heard a commotion going on in the men's room. "I'm starting to get tired of having that guy around." Banica said as she was getting into bed, still irritated over her Blood Grave being taken.

"Tell me about it." Riliane ranted while brushing her hair. "The jerk saw me gloating over the large castle statue I made out of Popsicle sticks and Gallerian's stones earlier and torn it down, saying "I shouldn't be making light of my vanity", he also said I didn't use jewelry for architecture correctly, claiming his world has a way of using them properly."

"We're supposed to redeem ourselves though." Kayo said, putting her scissors away. "It may seem hard now, but surely we can get through this, besides Allen will return soon."

"It better be soon." Nemesis sneered while putting on her black tank top. "Can't vent with that jerk around."

"Y'know, Nemesis, there are better ways to vent without cursing, it's not very pleasant."

"You're one to talk, wasn't "Kisama" the worst version of saying the word "you" in Jakokuese?"

"That one actually used to be very polite in my time." Kayo got in bed. "But since it did became derogatory by this era, you'll not catch a respectful person, myself included, saying that anymore, even if you deserve it, besides I heard it's now used in today's fiction like movies depicting Yakuzas so saying that in real life will either make you look like a jerk or...what did you call Gallerian?... a Movie Otaku?"

"Oooooooo she got you good." Banica said, pointing, causing Nemesis to blush in frustration.

"UGH! I'm going to bed, I just want Allen to get back quicker."

"I didn't think you want my brother back." Riliane said, getting into bed. "Do you miss him already?"

"No! I just want that Wizard out of here!" She threw the covers on herself.

"Well, he's still in the process of getting cured so you're just gonna have to wait."

Knock knock knock

They heard a knock, Alexander stuck his head through the door. "Lights out, ladies."

"Fiiiine." Banica groan.

"Good night." Riliane said. Alexander turned off the lights and closed the doors, Nemesis looked out through the window from under her blankets, she was starting to feel nervous, but it wasn't about Allen returning home, it was about him being chased by the Demon of Discord. She no idea who the Demon is, but something about him was...familiar to her.

Back at Behemo's Home

-Entry 5, 9:10 P.M. Day 1
Germaine and my Dads are proven to be no help, not in an insulting light, it's because of Thomas, they had to be sent home because their defenses don't work and they're in danger, I don't think I'll be able to sleep at night because of this.

-Allen

Allen was pacing around living room, twidling his fingers nervously. His adoptive sister and his fathers, his only defense, are weak against the Demon, Behemo couldn't do anything about this, and the Demon is mostly like to haunt him in sleep. Allen was sweating pretty hard.

"What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do?" He repeated over and over again.

Thump...Thump...Thump...

Just then he heard footsteps from upstairs, was it Behemo or Tom? He decided to not find out and shut off the lights, he ran into a nearby broom closet to hide. He places some cleaning supplies and junk around him to make it hard for the Demon to spot him.

Thump...Thump...Thump...

The footsteps were getting louder and louder until it started ringing his ears, Allen curled up into a fetal position again, covering his ears to drown out the thumping. He sat in that corner for what felt like hours, he began wondering if it will ever end. Suddenly, there was silence. Allen perked up, confused as to why the sounds have stopped, the lights coming from under the door suddenly lit up, this surprised Allen, was it really just Behemo after all? Carefully, Allen got out of his hiding spot to check the keyhole to see what's going on...Allen's eyes widened from what he saw.

Carefully, he opened the closet door, and much to his surprise: he's no longer in the living room, nor is he in Behemo's home, he's in a local pub filled with female servers and strangers drinking and having a great time, and speaking in a strange accent. Allen stood their baffled by this, but was brought back out of it when two patrons pushed him out of the way just to enter the place, Allen looks behind him on the door and realized that the closet is no longer there. Frightened and confused, Allen decides to proceed inside the place in hopes of finding a way out. Allen went to the bar area of the pub and knocked on the counter.

"Uh, hello?" He asked the bartender, they turned around, revealing a heavyset caucasian man with green eyes and golden red hair, he looks he's thinning on top and has a beard on his chin.

"Ah, top of the evening to ya, laddie." The bartender said joyfully. "Welcome to the best pub in town! What can I do ya fer?"

"Well, I don't know how I got here, I was hiding in the closet from this madman of a Demon named Thomas an-"

"Thomas? As in Thomas Gonzo?" The Bartender asked, interrupting him.

"...Yes?"

"Then you must be Allen, are ya?"

"Yeeeeees, why?"

"Oh, perfect timing! He's waiting for ya in one of our booths in the back room, says I."

"N-n-n-no! You don't under-" Allen tries explaining himself, but was once again interrupted by the bartender.

"Go on, go on, go on!" He pushed Allen into the back room. "Oi, Mr. Gonzo, yer guest has arrived." He pushed Allen into the room. "I'll be back with the food and drinks, Laddies." He leaves, Allen tries opening the door, but it was revealed to be locked from the outside.

"LET ME OUT! UNLOCK THIS DOOR!" He bangs on the door hard with his fists, but it was no use, it was locked and no one's listening.

"...At last...You finally arrived." Allen heard a voice with a very thick accent behind him, he slowly turns around and sees a square-shaped table, sitting there in a steepling position, fingers locked together and elbows on the table, was a young man with the same short blood red hair and handlebar mustache, with his eyes hidden behind his glasses with the lamp's light reflecting off of them, he also seems to be wearing a dark green trenchcoat over his grey vest, white dress shirt, and pale tan necktie, with black pants and shoes, and wrapped around his neck is a long striped grey, navy blue, mahogany red, brown, and dark yellow striped scarf. Regardless of the appearance, Allen knew who the person is.

"T-Thomas?"

"So they told ya me name, huh? However, I like to be called Tom, just Tom, ya don't have to be so formal, Lad." The Demon replied, he sat up a bit, which in turn removed the light on his glasses, revealing that the whites in his eyes are completely normal, and irises match his hair, he also is shown to have a large friendly grin on his face. "I hope ya don't mind, but I thought me original form would be much more calming than that Eldrich Abomination of a Demon form...especially since those two incidents you experienced awhile ago, y'know where I made ya soil yerself?"

"Two incidents...so the first one in the guest room..."

"Aye, it wasn't a dream...Ya look kinda bushed, why don't ya take a seat?" He patted his left hand on the other side of the table. "Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt ya." Reluctant, Allen soon complied and took a seat opposite of the demon.

"...I-I've noticed that you have a really thick accent, are you a Lionessman?"

"Lionessman?" Tom tilted his head, in confusion, he then adjusted his glasses with his forefinger. "Oh yes, I forgot, the so-called "Gods" renamed a bunch of the countries from the First Period after this video game the old woman likes, in this case, I believe this Lioness is this world's Ireland, correct?"

"Iiiii don't know, I haven't studied up on the First Period...wait, who's the Old Woman?" Allen asked.

"Luna, the Moon Goddess."

"Oh...well she isn't around anymore she...disappeared."

"Disappeared ya say? That means I can do whatever I want without restricti-" He then stopped himself upon realizing something, he faced palmed himself. "Ah t**ting shite, I'm still stuck in a box in the cross-dressing Plonker's home."

"I can't understand your language." Allen said, tired.

"Ahhh forget it, I'll come up with a better plan on escaping."

"Y-You're not escaping, Tom!" Allen called him out, trying to put on a brave face. "T-they won't permit that!" He pointed at the Demon, but seconds later, his face became pale upon realizing what he had done. Tom didn't reply, instead, he just smiled again and then...

"...Hehehehe...Hahahahaha...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Tom was laughing in an insane manner with a crazed look on his face as his voice was becoming more distorted and deep, Allen stood there, scared of what he might do to him, the Demon stood up. "You foolish boy, do you even know why the so-called "Gods" sealed me away!?" He questioned him, dropping his accent.

"...You brought the Second Period to utter ruins." Allen said. Tom's face slowly turned calm, he sat back down.

"Well yes, but you're only half correct, considering the HERs did most of the work in bringing the Second Period down." Tom said calmly, picking up his accent again. "So even if I did end the world, the majority of humanity was already infected with HERs anyways, meaning the previous world was already destined to die...On the other hand, I still partake in bringing upon a calamity Armageddon style." He then rested his head on his left hand as he stuck his right hand in his dress shirt and took out something chained around his neck. "With a little help from a small friend of mine." He dangled it at the side of his own head with a childlike smile on his face, however, that aura he gives out shows he's not as innocent as he's portraying himself as, Allen widened his eyes, he recognizes that item anywhere.

"A B-Black Box?!"

"Black Box Type G, me own little device I made for me own purposes, it carries the usual Akashic Recorder and Swap Technique among other things, I can use it to enter other worlds to...But, I can't give ya a demonstration since I'm still stuck in me Bento Box." The box disappeared in his hand. "It was just an illusion from me memories, just like everything else in the room." He said in a melancholic tone in his voice. So the pub Allen entered was all in the Demon's mind all along, Allen was feeling incredibly uneasy about this once he saw the box, he saw what different types can do.

"H-how many humans became HERs?" Allen asked hesitantly.

"I don't remember, I'm pretty sure it's over 3,000,000,000, I don't know, I've been asleep for a very long time."

"And how many people who weren't?"

"Oh, that's an easy one...1200 or more." Allen gasped horror, "Aye, only 1200+ humans from the Second Period, including the Demons and so-called Gods, were lucky to avoid being contaminated by HER at that time before boarding Climb One. As I said before the Second Period was already doomed to fall because the rest of humanity has become HERs, I finished the job by using my Box to absorb them."

"Absorb...Just like the Box that caused a Court Ending." Allen said quietly. "So the HERs you absorbed...you..."

Allen!

A feminine voice was heard faintly, but it didn't phase them.

"Aye...I wiped their existence off the face of the earth with it!" Tom proclaimed in a happy-go-lucky tone with a large grin on his face. Allen fell from his chair, the revelation had scared him straight.

"Y-you monster!" Allen exclaimed with a sound of horror in his voice. "Why did you do it!? Why did you destroy them!?" He was crawling away.

You need to get out!

The voice was heard again.

Tom's smile falters again and tilted his head down, covering his eyes with his red hair. Tom then stood up from his chair, the room they're in started to deteriorate, showing cracks on everything and chipping away into nothing until everything was gone, leaving only them in a black empty space. His expression seems to be a mix of pain, sorrow, and rage. He didn't say a word, instead, he took the time to lift his glasses to just wipe his eyes with his wrist, as if he was wiping the tears off his face. "Why lad? Being born in 19th Century First Period only to grow up living a painful life of despair and misery, then die as a result of living that life?" Tom began walking toward Allen slowly.

You need to leave now!

The voice can be heard again.

"Being reborn in the Second Period as part of a forgotten project to reincarnate historical figures to pick their brains? Having worked with several colleagues whom I once called me mates, becoming a highly successful scientist, even becoming one of the creators of the Third Period as the "God of Law and Order", only to be cheated and lied to by said colleagues and stole all me ideas?" Allen hit what seems to be an invisible wall, he tried banging on the wall to see if it will open, Tom's expression is pure malice and despair. "And not gaining the help I needed for all the physical and psychological torment I've endured in BOTH PERIODS FROM MATES TO SPOUSES, THUS CREATING ALL OF THIS CHAOS?!" His voice becoming distorted again, he stopped in front of the frightened boy. "...WHY DO YOU THINK I'VE ALMOST ERASED ALL OF HUMANITY FOR!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!" The Demon has lost it, laughing from both madness and despair as tears began pouring from his eyes. Allen just stared at him in fear as the Demon fell on his knees, Tom's face slowly turned from Madness to sorrow, his laughs soon turned into sobs before he stopped to wipe his eyes again, after a minute or two, he stopped crying.

Allen! Don't trust him!

That voice continued getting louder.

"It was the darkest day in history...having to do such a deed out of revenge against humanity." Tom said in a quite of a sad tone, his voice turning back to his human voice, suddenly, the atmosphere around them turned into green pastures with flowers with a blue sky, this is really confusing Allen now. "But that's when you come in!" Suddenly, he became optimistic as he positioned himself on one knee and took Allen's hand into his. "From what I can gather, you are like a saint, you have the power to restore humanity! You can get close to the so-called "Gods"!"

"W-what are you talking about!?" Allen exclaimed.

"I'm talking about you and me! Working together as one!"

"WHAT!?" Allen was confused by what he meant.

"Are you deaf, Lad? I want you to team up with me, alongside the Demons of Sin, to exact revenge on the people who stole everything from me and ruined me! We can destroy the so-called "gods"! We'll create a new Period under my design!..." Allen was stunned by what he said, working with a demon who have the same desire to kill the gods as a HER, and the so-called "gods" he's talking about, it couldn't be the same Gods that ruled Evillious, would it? After all the things he went through to save the world and his Sister? They would never steal or torment him...well, Levia-Behemo would for obvious reasons, but still, it couldn't be the same Gods. He understands why he ended the Second Period, but it doesn't excuse the manslaughter, the boy was becoming conflicted.

Don't listen to him!

"...Huh?..." Tom became confused.

You have to run! Or he'll kill you!

"...Ahhhhhhhh shit." He groaned, holding his head with his hands. "I'm hearing those voices again, they won't leave me alone." In truth, it wasn't just Tom who hears those voices, Allen can hear it too, over and over, it sounded so familiar too. "Wait...it isn't them...I recognize that voice." Tom was becoming aware. "SHOW YOURSELF, YA HUSSY!" Just as Tom yelled that, Allen felt a familiar presence in the back of his mind, a blurred vision appeared in his mind...it looked like a person with blond hair.

Allen! Run!

The voice spoke again, this time it came from the blurred person. "I can hear ya! Don't play games with me!" Tom was becoming agitated, apparently, only Allen can see the person as they're...no, she's becoming more clear, he can now fully recognize that person, it was the apparition he saw earlier in the night.

"Levia?" Allen thought to himself.

Leave! Get out!

She has been warning him the whole time, she was trying to protect him. Though feeling guilty the demon, it's probably for the best. "NO!" Allen cried out to Tom in a stern voice.

"WHAT!?" Tom turned to Allen, shocked, which causes everything around them to slowly turn from a paradise into a barren wasteland with grey clouds.

"I don't want to be part of your revenge plan!" Allen told off the Demon. "I'm sorry about what you went through, and I wished I could've helped. But what you did back in the day was a horrible thing to do! Not every human deserved to die! Imagine what you could've done to the Third Period if I let you out of the Bento Box now?"

"But Allen-"

"No buts! You need to take some time to cool off and forget your revenge plan, maybe I can talk to the Gods and convinced them that you needed help, and maybe then you can be let out...but for now, just leave everyone alone, leave me alone...just stop stalking and hurting everyone PERIOD!" Allen panted after lecturing him, there was silence between them, just then, Tom's nails began to grow long again as the ground under their feet began cracking, Allen took noticed and looked up at Tom who was glaring at the boy, the whites of his eyes turned black and horns growing on his head.

"It's too late...Now there's only Discord." Was what he said in his demonic voice again, the sky turned red with firey orange clouds, thunder can also be heard. Slowly he began growing his large black wings from his back. Not wanting to stick around anymore, Allen backed away from the transforming Demon before he made a run for it. Just as he was at a good distance from the Demon, Tom lunged at the boy with his large wings and tackled the boy to the ground with his claws. Allen struggled to get out but was held down by his arms.

"LET ME GO!" Allen yelled.

"Not until you learn a lesson." He growled through his fanged grin, Allen, of course, was not having any of it so he began kicking out under the Demon's weight until his foot kicked him squarely in the face, breaking his glasses.

"AHHH!...*panting*" Suddenly, Allen was laying down in a dark room, he looked around his dark surroundings until he found something that looks like a lamp. He pulled on a string to turn it on. He viewed his surroundings again to find that he's back in the living room in Behemo's home, he was very confused, he looked at the grandfather clock in the room which reads "12:45 AM", he must have fallen asleep while in a state of panic. "The whole thing a dream...?" Allen said out loud. "...It feels too real to be a dream." Allen sat there for a while, confused about what happened, he then decided to write down what had happened in the journal.

-Entry 6, 12:45 A.M. Day 2
It appears I dozed off in the living room while I was in a panic, but that dream...it feels way too real to be a dream, was my interactions with Tom real? I'm starting to doubt what's real anymore. Still, if it were real, I can see why the Gods sealed him. On the other hand, though, I kinda feel bad for him, all this trouble was because of how his former colleagues treated him, maybe I can ask Behemo about what I had dreamt of in the morning, maybe even ask about what really happ-

"MMMFHH!" Just then, Allen was gagged from behind, a pale hand was preventing him from screaming, Allen looked up and to his horror; Tom was standing there with a frightening expression on his face. Allen tried to wiggle out of his grip but he was proven to be stronger than expected.

"Did anyone ever teach you not to cross a Demon?".He growled into his ear. "As I said before: you're gonna learn a lesson."

"MMMMGHHH!" Allen continued to struggle under his grip.

"You're so adorable when you squirm like that." Allen struggled more until he got his left freed, he then elbowed him in the gut..."OOF!" He let go of the boy, Allen ran off into the hall to grab a sword. "Fu fu fu, I never realized how rough you are, lad.". He said, recovering from that attack, he seems to be quite immune to it. "Come out, come out, wherever you are~" Allen snuck up behind Tom with the sword in an attempt to attack him until he got close enough.

"HIYAAAAAAAA!" Allen swung the sword on him...to no avail, as it just when through him instead.

"Ha ha ha, you haven't learned yet, have you?" Tom laughed as he turned around. "Have you forgotten that your swordswoman did the same thing and that ended in failure?" He began walking to the boy.

"I-I-I-I-I-I..." Allen stuttered as he dropped the sword, backing away from the Demon until he got pinned to the wall, staring doom in the face, Allen covered his eyes so he won't see his end coming...but it didn't come, Allen peaked through his fingers and saw that the Demon had stopped at his tracks before falling to the ground in a weird position, his demon form was slowly fading until he appears human again...a naked one to be precise. Tom's horrific expression was now fatigued as if he was about to pass out any second, which is exactly what happened next, Tom slumped over face first. Confused, Allen took a few steps closer slowly, he tapped on the Demon's head before running for cover...But he didn't chase him, he was still on the ground slumped over, not moving at all. "Behemoooooo."

"What is it?" He said from upstairs, he came down wearing a necklace made of garlic with a large crucifix. "AIYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" He screamed out in horror before landing on his rear on the stairs. "OW!"

"He just collapsed in front of me when he's about to attack me."

"Collapsed?" Behemo walked down to look at the Demon closely, he leaned in near Tom's head and listened to his breathing

"Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..." ...he was snoring.

"Oh riiiiiiight, I forgot he still had it."

"Had what?"

"Back in the Second Period, he had a case of Narcolepsy...and an even nastier one too."

"Narcolepsy? What's that?"

"It's a rare chronic sleep disorder that causes overwhelming daytime drowsiness. The cause of it isn't well understood but may involve genetic factors and abnormal signaling in the brain, it causes sudden attacks of sleep unpredictably. Sudden loss of muscle tones, including Cataplexy, hallucinations, anxiety, and depression might occur. There's no cure for it but you can treat it with various medications."

"Huh...this may sound a bit morbid because it's a disorder, but thank god, I was this close to getting massacred."

"I don't blame you, this is actually not the first time it saved me and the Gods, but now's not the time to reminisce. Since he's incapable of moving right now, the Master of the Hellish Yard should be able to use a fail-safe spell on him to get rid of that 2-week curse, now help me get the seven black candles from the bathroom while I'll try calling her."

"Why didn't you do that sooner!?" Allen said irritably.

"You can't exactly perform a fail-safe spell while he's awake, can you? He'll break every bone in our bodies if we tried doing it, even when he's distracted. Remember when we told you it took us a week to seal him back?"

"Huh, I guess you're right...I'll get the candles." Allen went to the bathroom to get the candles while Behemo used the phone, but then Allen stopped at his tracks. "Behemo...he suffered before becoming a Demon...was it even the right thing...to seal him...right?" There was silence between them, it lasted for what felt like minutes.

"...No, but we have no choice." Behemo said in a somber tone, breaking the silence. "Times were tough back then, we never knew what was going on in his life or what issues he had until it was too late. By the time we did, he had already begun his rampage as a Demon...sacrifices had to be made that day."

"I see..." Allen said quietly. "Is there a way we can convince him?"

"...It's already too late, he'd already fully embrace his Demon side, the only thing we can do now is to just keep him in his Bento Box."

"...I understand." Allen said, with a voice that sounded both relieved and disappointed, he then turned to get the candles and Behemo went back to contact the Master of the Hellish Yard.

Back at the Box

The entire household was quiet, Margarita was reading in the dining room and Alexander sleeping on an armchair in the living room. In the bedrooms, sounds of snoring can be heard. However, sounds of crying can be heard too, Banica woke up abruptly and sat up on her bed, she turned on a lamp near her bed to see who's crying. She looked at Riliane's bed, she isn't crying, she looked at Kayo's, she wasn't crying either, then she looked at Nemesis and saw her shivering in her covers and hearing her say things like:

"Allen...You need to get out...You need to leave now...". Banica stood up from her bed and walked to the former Dictator, she saw Nemesis looking very strained in her sleep and tears fell from her eyes, continuing to say: "Don't listen to him...You have to run...or he'll kill you...Allen...Run...Leave...Get out...".

"Nemesis, Nemesis dear, wake up." Banica said, shaking her.

"AHHH!" Nemesis jumped up abruptly, tears still coming down and panting.

"You looked like you're in pain, are you ok?"

"I keep having dreams of Allen getting stalked by a Demon, I keep calling out to him and...and..." Nemesis was about to have a panic attack before she was hugged tightly by the Epicurean.

"Shuuuuu, it's ok, it was just a Bad dream."

"But h-he could be-"

"I'm sure he's just fine, it's going to be ok."

END CHAPTER

*The chapter's title is named after the Vocaloid song "Rotten Girl, Grotesque Romance" by Machigerita-P feat. Hatsune Miku, which showcases the main character as a Yandere and a stalker, I thought this would give you an idea of what Tom feels about Allen. And as stated at the top of the chapter, I do not condone any of the horrible things in this chapter such as stalking and so on and I never will so don't be reporting me.

**Ju-On was one of the movies that were gonna be presented in my Halloween chapters but didn't get the chance. And yes, I made a Gamecube reference, but I didn't use its name because I might get in trouble with Nintendo for copyright. The movies and games mentioned here belong to their respective creators and authors.

***I took some inspiration from the "Something Scary" stories by SNARLED for this chapter, I also added the "glitching" parts from the alter ego "Anticepticeye".