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"Hey! Yuna! Wake up! Yuna!"

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My eyelids flew open, the second I felt an unfamiliar energy rush down my throat, only to wake up to find Mammon's face barely an inch away from mine, so close that his hesitant, short breathes brushed past my cheeks. A strange feeling lingered at the edges to my lips, leaving me a bit paralyzed, until I felt my heart beat unnaturally increase. My eyes could not leave the demon's ocean orbs, even though I was aware of the crimson fire lingering around my wrists and igniting on the tips of my fingers.

Suddenly, a loud shriek erupted from one of the shadow souls over our heads, bringing me back to reality, and without thinking raised my at the creatures, not in control of my body. I could sense an unfamiliar power rush through me upon noticing the flames gaining an odd shade of black, as it unleashed itself at the black figures, burning about half of them, along with leaving a large crater in the ceiling that reached the roof. The only thing I could hear was a small "wow," leaving Mammon's grinning lips, as he stared at the crater, and the screams of the shadow souls, as they retreated into the darkness of the night.

It was then when I took notice of the energy leaving my finger tips, and leading back to the white haired demon, next to me. He probably noticed me staring, because he was struggling to speak, with his mouth stupidly hanging open. "What was. . ." before I could even finish speaking, a group of familiar figures came rushing up the nearby stairs, with panicked expressions.

"Maaammmooonnn!!!" a deep voice yelled out loud enough to nearly cause our eardrums to bleed.

The white demon hurriedly stood up, and headed for the nearest window, shooting me one more glance, before jumping out. I glanced at Lucifer, who was making his way towards me, with a disapproving expression . . . so I did what every familiar in their right mind would do . . .

I explained the whole situation . . .

Not.

I shifted into my calico-cat form, and made a dash to the same window mammon had escaped from ,and jumped, landing on the second building's brick plated roof. There was no time to think, and I did not know this realm well enough to find my way to Luke . . . especially with our connection being toyed with by Devildom's miasma, so I followed the only aura I was familiar with . . . Mammon's. After all, that moron owes me a full scale explanation about what he exactly did at the club to revive some magic power into me.

He had surprisingly gone quiet far. Did he transform into his demon form, by any chance? Furthermore, there was no going back now, because I had cleared any sign of my aura so that Lucifer or anyone in fact could not track me.

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Sometimes I wish I can tell time in this realm . . . Just how much more farther is Mammon?! Is transportation that fast when you have a pair of wings? Might as well keep searching for him, until morning comes. I could feel-fatigue gaining the best of my senses, but now was not really the best time to fall asleep. As if that was not enough, I froze upon noticing the string of aura leading to a dark alleyway swarming with demons, either smoking sticks of cigarettes, or playing rounds and rounds of poker. Maybe trying to find Luke or Simeon's aura could have been easier, but just when I was about to give up, and leave I heared the most familiar, arrogant laughter. "And that's a big victory for me, now gimme your money boi," now the attitude was certainly familiar.

I eyed the alley one more time, until my eyes landed on the demon sitting at the end of the alley with a group of good for nothing looking goblins.

Found you . . .

The intimidating stares and glares I was receiving form demons, ghosts, and goblins were clear signs to stay alert, that I could feel myself itching to pull out my daggers, and separate their heads from between their shoulders, as I shifted into my human form, but I would not blame them. A normal familiar is not meant to be 'that' powerful, especially in my case, since i was only armed with two daggers, and wore a plain, white shirt and shorts. I could sense their hunger, they were low ranked demons. Weak. Controlled by their sins. " Mammon!" I called out to the white haired demon, once I was a few feet away.

. . . That idiot . . . He is the Greedy Second Born . . . and yet I cannot say his actions completely match his magic power."Oi Yuna!" a relieved grin crossed his lips, once taking notice of my presence, with his tan face slightly flushed.

Guess the alcohol has finally reached his empty brain. "Come on you moron,"I sighed, grabbing his hand, and pulling up to his feet . . . Even though he was still stuff his pockets with the money he had just won. "Sheesh, you really live up to your title . . . a little."

"But of course!" He boasted, before letting out a drunken laugh," I am THE Great Mammon, after all."

"Just shut up, if we walk around like this Lucifer will definitely find us!"

No one was glaring at me anymore . . . Was it, because I was with Mammon? A useful note to record : Next time you go out, take on of the demon brothers with you . . . To avoid getting killed by a demon . . .

". . . Or doing the killing part yourself."

I flinched at the unfamiliar voice, and looked around for the source, but who was I supposed to suspect? Everyone here looks bloody suspicious. I want to go back . . . back to the Human Realm . . . My first home . . . Where I felt-free and cared for. Home . . .

. . . Such a beautiful place . . . How strange.

"Oi why are you crying?" I turned back to the white haired demon, and stopped walking.

Even though he was a bit drunk, he seemed to actually pull of a concerned expression. I just smiled weakly, and intertwined his hand with mine, so that we can continue walking, until the question I was yearning to ask resurfaced," Hey, what did you do back then in the club? How did you replenish my-magic energy?"

A goofy grin crossed Mammon's lips upon hearing my question.

"Ow! Dat was so easy! I just . . . "

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ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴍᴀᴍᴍᴏɴ'ꜱ ᴀɴꜱᴡᴇʀ? ꜱᴛᴀʏ ᴘʀᴇᴘᴀʀᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ!

ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ꜰᴏʀɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴍᴀᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴠᴏᴛᴇ ʙᴜᴛᴛᴏɴ ᴛᴏᴏ!