RED (Dianakko)

11

Akko woke with a start, jumping up from the bed, looking around at the unfamiliar room, wondering what happened to her and where she's at, but no answers presented themselves as she stared around the room, plain but basic. She quickly ran towards the door, noticing that its locked, which definitely didn't help her increasing anxiety, because she definitely doesn't want to held captive again, so she tried to kick down the door, accidentally flinging the door off its hinges with surprising strength, cringing at the bang, hoping anyone who's here won't inspect the noise.
"Well hello dear, I see you're awake," a man said, emerging from the corner, like he was waiting for me to appear.
"Where am I," Akko said cautiously, only wanting to get out of her, to not cause trouble.
"We're at one of my many hideouts, and you're happily accepted here, you are want of us," he said with a charming grin, his soulless eyes peering through her, as if looking at every aspect of her life.
"I'm pretty damn sure I'm nothing like whatever you are," she sneered at him, not wanting to believe what he's saying, despite the feeling he's actually telling the truth.
"Then explain your craving for blood and flesh, I knew you've had deer before you even made the premises, I can help you control your hunger," he said calmly, his voice very gentle and relaxed.
Akko stayed silent, mulling over his words, something she doesn't do often, more known to do than think about her situation, but this is different, she left her dream school, the people she cared about because of what she's turning into a monster, what other choice does she really have at this point.
"What exactly am I," she said.

Diana felt even more lost, she tried to understand what she's reading, but she just grew unease and confused, it seemed there really wasn't a lot about demons, but what she did find painted an ugly picture, but none of the books she was reading were saying the same thing, its like no one truly knew anything about these creatures of Hell, and she even picked up a bible to try to make sense of this, but that was just complete nonsense as always and a waste of her time, so decided to take a break from this madness, leaving her room, walking through the halls, not really going a specific way, but she secretly hope her conscious will lead her to something useful like in books, but it only led her to the cafeteria, her stomach making a noise.
"Of course you would think of food," Diana whispered to herself, smiling slightly at memories of Akko, talking to her stomach when she was hungry.
She eventually wander outside, looking at the shimmering full moon, pleading silently for something to happen, to have something that would make her understand whats going on, she hated feeling loss, she hated not having some type of knowledge on finding Akko, she couldn't bare the thought of not being there for her, but nothing happened, so she finally decided to head to bed, already knowing she won't be able to sleep.

"Simple, you're a demon," he said like it should make sense to her that he spoke it out loud, but that only raised more questions.
"Um like in the bible," Akko said, confused, but horrified at the thought of being one of the most vile creatures people are known to fear.
"That book is complete nonsense written by idiots that believe their god will some and save them, but in reality god doesn't give two shits about its creatures, if god truly cared like its preached in the bible, why are beings like us are free to roam this so called sacred land," the man growled, clearly not a fan of the bible.
"But your admitting god is real," Akko said, squinting her eyes at him.
"If god really was real, there's a sadist fucker that loves watching beings suffer," he said, straightening his back, finally getting over his burst of anger.
"Look, you're a demon, a powerful demon just like me, so I know how hard it is to control these new urges and powers," he said, pointing at the door I accidentally flung.
"So you'll...help me control whatever is happening to me, but will I be able to leave after I learned to control myself?" Akko said slowly, taking a few steps back when the man got closer.
"Hmm, that depends if you want to put your loved ones in danger," he said, Akko feeling immediately threatened, but also believed what he said was true.
"Ok, but what's your name?" Akko agreed, trying to relax herself, which was proving to not be easy for her.
"I'm glad to hear that. My name is Ixtec, now follow me, I'll show you around," he beckoned for her to follow as he walks through the hall.
"As you already know that you're a demon, but each demon has special abilities and powers, so it'll be slightly difficult find out yours, but we'll through it when the time comes, but so you know, we are not like what the media betray us as, they do not know what we're truly like, so don't rely on those films," he snarled, clearly the portrayal of demons in media being a touchy subject for him.
"We demons are alluring, we can trick humans just by being near them, they can't help but to be closer to us," he continued, as he led them down stairs.
"Um what about Briggs and the other guy," Akko questioned, remembering the disgusting, horrifying faces.
"They're imps, imps don't possess the allure we do, but they do have immense strength," he explained to her, as he talked about the history of demons.

Once Ixtec finished explaining the history and showing Akko around, he led her to an empty room, telling her that this is where she'll be sleeping for the remainder of her stay here before leaving her to do other business.
She felt queasy, learning all this gave her a headache, so she sat down on the bed, looking at her hands, trying to understand all the information that was given to her, wondering what sort of powers she possessed, what exactly can she do? It all felt so fast for Akko, so she decided it's best to take a nap, she'll figure out everything in time.

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A/N: so yes, I've decided to post here again, but it'll be a bit behind, but on AO3 you can more recent updates at shadouakuma.