"Akuma-kun! Akuma-kun! Can you hear me?" I yelp.

The tentacle drops me.

"Ow!" I yelp.

Delian was laughing.

"Don't just stand there! Help us!" I yell.

"And if I refuse? This is up to you to refuse." Delian says.

"You're hopeless!" I hiss.

I charge at the Minister's demon body. I see it throw its tentacle down. I jump up. I shock it with lightning. It roars and charges. Then, suddenly stops in his tracks. His face freezes as if he had turned to stone. My eyes widen. What was happening to him? He looks so afraid. I'm more afraid of him than he is of me. Wait... it's not me, it's you.  I turn and Akuma-kun rises up. I jump.

He was a different person. He was a different man. That wasn't Ichiro, it was something else. A much darker alter ego as if Jekyll had turned into Hyde. I drop my staff. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't speak. I hear Delian laughing. 

"Hail Willow. Lord of the Hollow." Delian smiles.

Akuma-kun shoots his hand forward. I see claws on each finger. My heart was racing. The Minister yelps in pain as red magic like I had never seen before ties around him. It forms lightning and sparks. Akuma-kun's eyes start glowing red. 

"Cease this unsanitary behavior." Akuma-kun smiles.

His voice sounded lighter and more demonic. My eyes narrow.

"It will be a magnificent show. His malice will blow." Delian claps his hands.

"Shut up!" I yell at him.

"Mephisto! What is going on?" Uncle Shingo runs forward.

"Ah!" I jump in surprise.

"Sorry. Sorry. I probably should have mentioned I was coming soon." Uncle Shingo says.

"It's no problem at all Uncle Shingo." I manage to say.

"Where is Ichiro?" Uncle Shingo asks.

"T-t-there." I point at the figure.

Uncle Shingo turns and jumps.

"That's... that's him?" Uncle Shingo asks in a startle. 

"Yes! Yes! Yes! My master's power is reborn. His power will be airborne!" Delian laughs.