The devil bringer

          “You’re a demon?” Kat backed up a step, but didn’t run. He didn’t           do anything that made her believe he would hurt her, and he didn’t           seem like the demons she’s seen on this side. He looked like he           had morals, goals–.. he seemed human. She was caught off guard,           but not scared of him–.. yet. “And a demon hunter? I’ve been here a           lot, I’ve never seen one before. But I guess I can believe that they           exist.” She’s seen so much in limbo, so many unbelievable things           that to deny something like demon hunter would be hypocritical.

          Kat bit the inside of her cheek. There were demons that could get           into the human world? And people like Nero stop them? The thought           of what could happen if they were to escape–.. Kat wasn’t sure what           would happen, but she didn’t want to find out. “Well, I guess I should           thank you for keeping us safe, then.” It was more meant to make things           a bit lighter, but it was also a genuine thanks.

not the nicest person.

He felt his anger rise a bit. Turning his gaze to the side he gritted his teeth. There’s already so much evil in the world for humans to just cause more. “I never knew my parents either.” Rubbing behind his neck he glanced back to the woman. “I was in a foster home but with this arm, no body wanted me.” Letting his arms drop to his side he shifted the mood a bit not wanting to show vulnerability,” Why not leave?” 

She seems grown enough- why stay in a place that toxic. Shifting a bit his gaze fell to his weathered boots. There was a slight tinge of dirt across the tops of them. The leather seeming to almost fray in spots from the rough wear. “I could offer you a safe haven.” You don’t know me, true. But if where you are is worse than limbo, what the hell do you have to lose. He could tell she was put off by the idea. “ I know- it sounds crazy. But.. I could offer you protection.”

 He made plenty of money working jobs for high paying clients. Assassination and high ranking demon killer. He had plenty of room where he stayed. You just met this girl. Are you crazy? His mind was spinning. For all you know she could have been sent here to kill you..but, something about that weakened gaze. I can’t help it. I have a natural drive to want to protect people. If anyone needed help, it’d be her. 

When he held out the limb, she gave him a wide smile in thanks. The arm glowed and seemed to pulse. It had a mind of it’s own? She gingerly reached out and cupped her hand around the demoic wrist. The flesh was warm. Her head tilted to the side. She’s seen some devils arms before this but take the cake. It had all the same functions and more of a normal arm. Delicately, she held her palm against the blue one. Her hand  was as small as a baby’s compared to it.

 But it was too out of the ordinary for her it seemed. At first chance he took his arm back,” Yeah, it’s definitely an oddity.” Staring at his devil arm once again he let it fall to his side before his gaze met hers again. “Use to being around demons?” She acted so calm around him it was almost enough to make him uneasy. She’s just acting like i’m a new form of animal or something. Interested but way too comfortable.

Running digits through his hair nervously again he spoke to her,” So- you know Dante?”

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              Kat nods, “I’m projecting myself in here,” she explained.               “I’m still in the real world, but–.. I can come here through               my mind. I don’t know how.. or why.. but I can.” The ability               actually scared Kat so much. It scared her that she could               be here, terrified her. 

              When the man reached forward to touch her, she could feel               it. She didn’t think that would happen. Maybe.. things still               affect her in here. That’s–.. not good. She’s lucky nothing               skinned her alive during her time here. At the touch, she               flinched away. The sensation wasn’t like she was just being               touched by a normal person, it was tingling and felt like a               prick of a needle. “Don’t do–.. that,” she insisted.

 He raised his head again to reach her eye level before registering what she had said,” Oh.” Crossing his arms over his chest he looked around before speaking again,” My name is Nero. And why am I here?” Sighing out again he tried to think of a simpler way to say it all. But no matter how he said it, it usually drove people away from him. 

Raising his demonic arm he tapped it slightly with his human arm before offering a sarcastic smile,” Just fighting the family back.” Allowing his arms to drop back to his side he cracked his neck slightly before proceeding to actually explain what he meant by that. “ I’m a demon hunter. Keeping things tame on this side makes it less likely, to nearly impossible for demons to pass through to the world you reside in got me?” Tilting his head up ivory tresses slide into his eyes a bit as they usually did.

 “But since I am-” he turned his gaze back to her once again,” a demon. I suppose it’s like i’m killing off some distant cousins huh?” Turning his gaze to some blood one had left behind, though these things have no humanity to them. Where as I have quite a bit. “I don’t know my family, so I couldn’t explain myself more than I have.” 

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“I just wanna see what it’s all about! Don’t get your pretty pink panties in a twist-” she said, crossing her arms. Huffing, she stood back a little bit. What was his problem? She wasn’t going to harm him at all. “Ahh! I see-” she said with a small nod. Maybe he was the spawn of something else from Hell. Neither Dante nor Vergil had anything like that. She needed to get to the bottom of this arm mystery.  “Oh, call me Lady-” she said dismissively. “Can I see your arm please?” she asked more firmly this time. 

Furrowing brows his pale features showed a bit of frustration as the woman insisted on seeing his arm. Lady. It was in his natural nature to keep it hidden. People feared demons or wanted to kill them, hell he was one of them too. But in both ways unfortunately. Damned to be the enemy. 

His gaze fell to the side momentarily as he protested his own defeat to just allow her to have at it. A small pain throbbing in his abdomen he let out a heavy sigh,” If you insist then.” 

Allowing his arm to come back to his side he glanced to it himself before raising it to her sights. It glowed slightly as he raised it, the thing always seeming to be brighter in times he wished it was dim. Just holding it out in front of himself he watched as her gaze fell to it. Clenching his fingers tight into a ball momentarily he allowed his digits to relax out a bit before her.

                She could tell that the man was trying to be calm. Soothing,                 almost. Kat sighed and stepped forward when the gun was                 sheathed, looking up from under her hood, arms still hugging                 her body as if she had been hurt. “I’m a human,” she answered,                 biting her lip. “I–.. I can come to this place, in spirit form, when                 I want to.”

                Kat looked around their surroundings and felt confident that the                 demons were gone for the time being. She stood up a bit straighter,                 taking a better look at the man. “I come here when..” she searched                 for words to use, pausing and glancing away. “–.. when things are                 too much to take in the real world.”

Shaking his head slightly he couldn’t fathom it,In here to withstand whats out there? Sheesh i’d kill to be out there more often than in. However- His right arm seemed to start glowing a bit the tall male shifting so it was out of sight. As long as I’m one of em, i’ll keep ending up here. Swallowing harshly he let his gaze fall to her once again. Human. 

Once he would have given anything to be human. Back when she was around. The woman who’d made him want to be normal. Even though if he had been he wouldn’t have been able to protect her. But maybe she would have been able to see him differently. There was always the lingering feeling. She knew what he was, and though she tried to act like she didn’t. It was obvious that she did. How could anyone love a demon. 

 He had his usual bit of sass laced into his words. He’d been like that for a while now, not quite sure when it came into play. Just knew he’d been throwing shade for a while now. Running digits through ivory tresses he glanced to the woman then back to his arm,” It’s easily explained as an appendage from hell. And it attracts demons because it proves i’m one of em.” 

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