Dark Exorcist

Part 1 (4)

"Seems everyone's ok, let's hurry and head back. So we can rest" Asura suggested...

As Kenjiro was placed in his bed and Asura went to bed. Kasuke sat outside their unit looking out at the forest. He looked at his arm where the black corruption had started and noticed it had spread to his shoulder. "Hmph, seems if I keep using your power, my entire body may become completely corrupted. I'll have to figure out a way to slow it down"

CHAPTER 5 Life Of The Exorcist

He covered his arm and let out a sigh when Naiomi walked outside sitting beside him. "Thanks for saving us, I doubt we would've made it if it wasn't for you"

"Don't worry about it. Being an exorcist, I know I have to save as many people as I can. One day I may die, so I need to make the most of now and defeat as many demons as I can. Nothing will stop me from killing all of the demons I find" The woman leaned on his shoulder looking at the grass. "The demons killed everyone I knew, my father, my mother and my best friend. My father was an exorcist, so he was forced to fight the demons relentlessly while my mother stayed home to watch me. Since demons are drawn to those with high spiritual energy my father was the one to protect us best, he could since he had the highest essence of energy"

She continued saying: "One day the demons targeted our home which was a small cabin in the mountain. I believe they sensed the baby within my mother since she was pregnant with my sister. I would always hear how happy she was about having a 2nd child, how I'd finally have another person to play with especially at home. Then one day she told me...she told me she wanted to play hide and seek" Tears began to run down her face as she began to cry.

She told me to find the best hiding spot I could and to not come out no matter what I heard. I hid in a tree not far from our house when...the screams began, I could hear my mother's cries of fear as the demons found her, my father had just come back from a mission to find her trying to escape a demon, her blue dress stained with blood as she continued to run. But in the end...my mother and father were killed. With my father's dying breath he called out to me: "N-naiomi...become an exorcist, save others from the demons"

"It was horrible, especially since I was only nine years old when it happened. After for crying for hours, I awoke to the sun filling the tree with light. I quickly made my way down the mountain wearing blue pants and a pink shirt. Demons couldn't find me because of my lack of power so I ran nonstop down into Leoria, a small village below the mountain we could see from the house. I reached a small house where an old couple took me in, from there I was raised in the village. I became friends with a popular swordsman of the village. His name was Osona Kitoyami, he used a knight sword and had short brown hair with hazel eyes and wore dark red mercenary armor. He helped me train to become a great melee and sword fighter. But my fear of demons always kept me from being a great fighter"

Kasuke placed his hand on her head and said: "You can't let fear control how you fight, if you let it hold you back, you could be killed. I was unsure if I'd be a good exorcist, but with the power I've been given, I know I have the potential to free the humans of this world from the demons"

Just then they saw Hisoko walking up to them. They both stood up when Naiomi stood in from of him blocking her. "What do you want!?" She growled giving her a mean look. "Aw, don't be so hostile, I just wanted to talk Is all. Besides, I wanted to thank Kasuke Mashida personally how grateful I am that he saved me and my partner Kenjiro. We are B-ranking exorcist that will soon be taking our A-rank exam. I was hoping you would come with us Kasuke and try to take the exam. You're far stronger than a mere C-rank" She pushed Naiomi aside standing close to the ninja with their faces inches from each other.

"Thanks, I'll try and come so I can take my promotion exam. I'm sure it won't be too difficult" He looked at his concealed arm before looking over at Naiomi who was trying to hold back her anger. Kasuke walked past Hisoko over to his partner placing his hand on her head. "So I guess I'll see you at the exams. When is it going to take place?"

"It'll be in two days at the arena of Exosagain back when you took the test to become an exorcist"

"Alright I'll see you then" He replied. Hisoko smirked blowing him a kiss before vanishing into the trees back to her own until a few miles away. The ninja looked at Naiomi and told her she should get some more sleep so they could relax the next two days. She looked at him giving him a nod before walking back into the unit. Kasuke went to his room and began to meditate, his demonic energy began to flow out of his body all around him as he remained focused.

After about a minute he opened his eyes to find himself within the void looking up at Akunomi who didn't seem surprised to see him. "Ah, you seem like you're getting more used to shifting between here and reality. That just proves how much you're growing with my power. I'm sure in no time the first triangle will be removed. Rember, each triangle on your neck is a kind of limiter, as over-powered as we are together, those three symbols limit how powerful we can be. Being the demon king, I am one of the few demons that is considered a god among all the mere demons this world is plagued with. Though there are many kinds of demons in this world and the fact I'm one of the oldest demons of this world, there were only a few I either respected or deemed any kind of threat"

Kasuke looked at him with interested as the demon king continued...

History Of The Demon King ARC

Akunomi sat on his throne within the demon realm, sitting upon a black throne with a skull on both arm rests with blue flames coming from their eye sockets. He sat with his left leg over his right with his cheek resting on his right arm as he looked around his throne room which was a large dark cave-like room with flames all around the floor near the walls.

A demon walked into the room wearing a black cloak with red eyes and long white hair. "Lord Akunomi, I have a report on the demon known as Okosa, seems he has his followers on his way here to try and dethrone you as the demon king of this realm. Shall I call our men to battle and stop their invasion sir?"

"No need Kaino, I shall handle this...by taking it head on" Akunomi stood up, walking towards the door when his follower stood in his way. "I'm sorry sir, but I can't let you go, you'll be in danger if you go-" Without a word the demon king struck his follower in the side of the neck with a quick blow, his fingers close together. His follower lost consciousness falling back before Akunomi caught him. "I'm sorry Kaino, but I can't have you stop me, I also can't let you die because of me. As the demon lord, it's my responsibility to deal with this"

He set his close friend in the corner of the throne room before making his way out into the demon realm. There was a endless surface of scorched earth with flames bursting from the sides leading down into a dark void. He stood outside his fortress as dozens of figures came into view he saw an endless horde of undead archers approaching along with a few powerful demons. One of the demons was a high-ranking lord by the name of Kisoin, he had gray skin wearing a cloak of matching color. His eyes glowed white with a white mist flowing from them. He could be seen holding what appeared to be a black trident.

"All archers open fire upon Akonomi! That bastard has been demon lord for far too long!" The horde of endless demons fired an endless rain of flaming arrows right for the demon lord. Akunomi looked at the coming projectiles with a serious but calm expression as he walked across the scorched ground with a black mist-like aura swarming around his body as he slowly proceeded forward as the millions of projectiles struck his aura either fading away or breaking on contact.

"Sir, the fire arrows aren't having any effect on him!"

"Hmph, then we'll just have to go with a different tactic. Yugara go!" The demonic lord made a swiping motion with his hand as a white muscular demon that was the size of a titan launched up into the red glowing sky before landing a few feet away from the demon lord. The ground shook but didn't seem to frighten him in the slightest.

"You think an A-Class demon is enough to stop a demon lord? You must've forgotten all those years ago Kisoin. Allow me to remind you who you're dealing with" The titan-sized demon clinched it's massive fist with it's glowing red eyes throwing a punch right for Akunomi with black lighting swarming around it's fist.

The powerful demon watched as the fist was just about to hit when the demon lord put his index and middle finger together, blocking the powerful strike as the ground around them erupted in a powerful shockwave sending pieces of scorched rock in different directions.

"You aren't worth the effort. I have my reasons for protecting my allies and fortress, such as the fact you and your arrogant leader have forget why I was named the lord of all demons" The giant demon lifted both fists up preparing to slam them down when Akunomi moved right up to his opponent aiming his index and middle finger toward the center of the buff white demon's chest. "Demonic Technique: Spiritual Death" A burst of red energy hit the core of the demon, causing it to burst. All watched as the giant demon let out cries of despair before landing on it's face motionless.

Akunomi looked down upon the lifeless vessel of the demon before slamming his foot down upon it's skull causing cracks to form around it from the sheer force of his foot. "Well now, this thing's endurance was quite impressive, let's see just how powerful it could've actually become" He took his foot off the demon as he aimed his palm towards it's body. "Forbidden Technique: Demonic Rebirth"

Kisoin watched as the tall white demon's body began to emanate a dark-purple aura as it stood back up, it's eyes glowing brighter than before as it's muscles tightened from immense power flowing through it's body. "Let's see how you deal with such a demon...when it's power is 10 times it's normal potential"

"What!? 10 T-times!?" Kisoin was beginning to become worried as the giant devil launched itself into the air, descending down right for the legion of demons a few miles away. Akunomi watched with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face. Yugara the white demon came down with an immense punch right for them as black lightning surged around it's fist, striking the front of the horde of lesser-demons as a ray of light was sent across the army as thousands of demons were completely wiped out by the devil's multiplied power.

It grinned revealing rows of sharp teeth before holding both hands up manifesting a dark-red sphere of demonic energy. It let out a sadistic laugh before firing it right at the army before it. (s**t, if that blast hits!) Kisoin gripped his trident before moving instantly right up to the sphere of immense demonic energy it was aimed right for the army when Kisoin put his trident sideways in a blocking position as the sphere of raw power made contact.

"Retreat demons!" The fellow demon commanded struggling to hold back the projectile as the entire demon realm shook from it's fierce power. "Hehe, you seem to be struggling old friend, how sad to see the well-known 2nd strongest demon being forced back by a mere demon who's power has been amplified but not as strong as me. If you can't even defeat Yugara, what hope do you have of defeating me, Akunomi...the true lord of all demons"

The high-demon began to sweat from the overwhelming power of the attack when Akunomi grinned reveling his vampire-like teeth, aiming his hand toward the sphere of dark spiritual energy as it grew far bigger to the point his target couldn't hold it back any longer. His trident shattered as the sphere continued forward before Kisoin brought it to a halt once more with his bare hands, his cloak whipping around from the sheer power of the attack. "Rrrraaaghhhh!" The area lit up with dark-red energy as the attack erupted, killing all lesser-demons within several miles.

The blinding light faded as the high-demon stood there shaking in pain out of breath. A black rift opened in front of him as Akunomi stepped out looking down on him. "How said, you shouldn't even be called the 2nd strongest demon if this is all it takes to weaken you. I Rember before I was named the king of demons, we were close friends, we trained, developing our skills as higher-demons. However, once I was named demon king, something changed in you didn't it? You thought to yourself: "Why wasn't it me? Why did he become demon king but not me?" It's rather simple Kisoin...you lack the mental stability to be a king. The only reason you had that army was probably just from fear, they knew to follow your orders or perish"

"S-shut up...demon lord...king whatever you call yourself, I'm tired of your constant showing off. It should've been me who became king...me!" The devil advanced right for Akunomi forming a blade made of purple energy around his hand attempting to stab him when he struck Yugara who had moved in front of it's master in time to protect him.

"Yugara!?" Akunomi brushed his long white hair out of his face. "You see, you're nowhere near my level. Now die along with your worthless army" The white demon struck Kisoin across the face with it's massive fist, sending him soaring across the red glowing sky before catching up with his staggering opponent, gripping his face and throwing him back towards the burned surface.

The wounded demon hit the ground with a hard impact to see the demon charging up a condensed sphere of energy directed towards him. (So, this is how it ends...my goal to become demon king is gone? Akunomi...how I wished things had been different between you and I. I wonder...if our rules had been reversed...would the outcome still be the same?)

Flashback

Kisoin and Akunomi stood in the blood forest fighting one another. They were both young-adults in their 20's Kisoin before his demon form had long black hair with red eyes dressed in a black royal robe. "Akunomi, to think we've been friends for 10 years, yet still train together, keeping up with one another no matter how high one goes, the other will follow"

"You're right and the new demon lord will be announced today, I'm excited to see which one of us it will be" Akunomi responded. "I hope it's me, I'm the son of the current demon lord, demon lord Isaken. I'm sure to be the next lord" Akunomi's smirk faded as he grew worried about his friend, he seemed so excited to become demon king and wasn't sure how his friend would react if the opposite happened...

At the coronation of the next demon lord, the parents of both Akunomi and Kisoin stood aligned in front of a black and red shrine as the current demon lord announced the next demon lord. "Our next demon lord to rule over the demon realm is...Akunomi. All hail our new lord!" Thousands of demons praised their new lord as Akunomi walked across a black carpet with red symbols as he made his way to the shrine where he was titled as demon king. Isaken concentrated all of his power into a sphere of energy. "Sir Akunomi, this is all my demonic energy, along with the ones before me. Take it and lead this world to a better future"

The young demon reached out, holding the sphere of pure demonic essence in his hand. His long white hair blowing around from such power. He began to absorb it as it grew smaller. His body lit up with a purple flame-like aura as he finally siphoned it all. He looked over at his friend who had tears in his eyes before walking away from the crowd.

The new demon lord rushed after him before finally catching up with him in the blood forest. He put his hand on his friend's shoulder. "Kisoin...I'm sorry, I had my doubts but didn't think I'd be crowned as the demon lord"

"Yeah right, you knew this would happen, now you're the demon lord and I'm just...me, soon you'll have other things to focus on...I'll be nothing but a memory"

"That's not true, I'll always-"

"Enough of your lies!...I...I don't want to see you anymore, our friendship is over!" The demon lo0rd could see the tears in his friend's eyes no matter how hard he tried to hide it.

"Kisoin I-" Just then his old friend struck him in the face with a powerful strike to his cheek as a gust of wind rushed past him from the sheer force of his attack. His friend looked at him dead in the eye with tears and anger while Akunomi just looked at him with a calm but sad look as blood ran down his cheek from the wound but hadn't moved from his spot...

Not long after...Akunomi found his parents dead in his mansion in the living room, they laid in a pool of their own blood. He saw Kisoin standing over their bodies holding a holy dagger. "Mom...dad...!?" His assailant crashed through the window outside in the black-colored grass fields as a feeling of despair and anger washed over Akunomi, the once childish and fun feeling he had for his friend began to burn away as he clinched his fist. KISOIN!!!"

His eyes glowed red completely hiding his eyes as a demonic-flame-like aura manifested around his body as a cold expression appeared. He soared out the window with fierce power flowing through him as he caught up with the attacker. Reaching him Akunomi grabbed the back of his skull, slamming it down onto the ground while continuing to fly creating a trail of cracked earth behind.

Kisoin stood up, his faced covered in blood as he gripped the dagger tightly in his hand. "What do you plan to do with that? Kill me? What would your father think? If anyone's to be killed with a holy weapon it's you. You killed two innocent people out of rage and jealously. We may be demons, but you've fone too far. If you wish to kill me then go for it. In the end, you will pay for what you've done"

Kisoin threw the dagger into Akunomi's chest as his body began to become paler, cracks forming on his face as he began to break apart like ash. He looked at his killer and said: "This isn't the end"

End Of flash back

"Looks like he was right, I really was meant to be the one to truly die" He watched the demon about to attack when everything became black and wind, the demon was frozen in place and it seemed as if time itself was stopped. He saw Akunomi standing over him.

"It's time, time for you to die at the hand of the very weapon you killed my parents with...be gone" He pulled the holy dagger out, piercing the demon's abdomen with it before time moved again and Akunomi had disappeared. Kisoin laid there dying just before the sphere of demonic energy struck him, utterly obliterating him...

The demon lord made his way back to his fortress where his follower was waiting by his throne. "Kaino...i have an important task for you"

"Sir?"

"I want you to watch things here while I'm gone, I' tired of the demon realm, it holds too much memories of that bastard, I shall go to the human realm for a while and return when I'm ready. Make sure to watch over the fortress while I'm gone"

"But lord I-"

"No, I won't hear what you have to say, you are the only true friend I have left Kaino, follow my orders and do as I say. I will be going now" Akunomi sat in the center of the room aiming his index and middle finger toward his chest making a triangle motion as a red triangle made of his energy formed in front of his chest. "Forbidden art: Spiritual reanimation" His body faded into wisps of demonic energy before fading completely...

That's when he awoke within the body of one of young boy with black hair dressed in a white shirt and black pants. The boy's green eyes changed to red as an evil grin appeared across his face. "Perfect, I'm in the human world, now then...let's find a more suitable body..."

CHAPTER 6: Possession Of A Demon

Kasuke sat outside getting some fresh air while thinking about the story Akunomi had told him. He was surprised to think such a demon could have such human emotions and have a close friend, only to become so heartless and cruel in the end. "Just as some demons can behave like humans...we, can also act like demons. Our hatred, our greed. What makes us different then a demon...what do we define as: "demon"

Just then a hand touched his shoulder. He looked behind him to see Naiomi. "Are you ok? You seemed either lost in thought or worried about something"

"Don't worry Naiomi, I'm fine, just thinking about all that's happened in just these past few days" Just then he realized the exam was today. He quickly got up. "I almost forgot, Hisoko said today was the exam to rank up to a B-rank exorcist!"

(TO BE CONTINUED...)