𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐒

Chapter One - The Goetia

A/N: hey hey hey everyone ✨✨ In the meantime while I get my original story fixed and planned out, here's the first chapter of my short story and first Haikyuu fanfic 🖤. Y'all can thank -kmjin For dragging me in the rabbit hole 😂

Anyways, hope y'all enjoy 🖤

EDIT: 07/16/2022: First chapter has been revised and edited so now its longer !
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Kenma glared at the book before him.

It was old and weathered. The brown leather covering was tattered and duty. The pages are yellow or blown, fraile to the touch that it would fall apart. The book look to be over a hundred years old. Maybe even older than that. For a second, he wondered why this is even in a thrift store? It look like trash.

But was it an antique? A second thought came to him. But he noticed that the antique section is all the way in the back so this book being in the tiny book section is odd enough. Plus, the book was in no condition to be purchased by some antique collector. So it's just...junk.

However....something about it got his attention. Like it was calling out to him. There was an eerie aura around it that Kenma couldn't describe. It was strong and overwhelming, but also comforting at the sametime. Weird.

Without a second thought, he grabbed the book and put it in the basket with the other items he found at the store. After he paid and walked out of the store, a black cat with bright yellow eyes stood on his path. It stared up at him and approached him, casually rubbing its body up Kenma's legs and meowing for attention. The blonde smiled and crotted down to pet the cat.

The cat sniffed the shopping bag and meows loudly. "Oh sorry, I don't have any food in here." Kenma said apologetically. He looked around and found a small grocery story in the corner. "Wait right here." He told the cat and sprinted to the store to buy some cat food.

To his surprise, the cat remained where he wanted and he presented it with a can of fresh cat food. "I hope this is enough for you today, bye bye." Kenma petted the cat one last time before leaving to go back to his college apartment.

"It was only on sale for $5." Kenma defended himself as he presented the book to Hinata and Tobio. There were mixed reactions as the pair looked at the old worn book. It was hard to make out the title of it cuz the letters eroded away with time so they really had no clue what's in the book. Hinata was curious whereas Tobio was the opposite. He got a bad vibe off the book.  "Why is that book even sold there?"

"No Idea." Kenma shrugged. "What's funny is that some of the staff didn't recognize the book."

Tobio narrowed his eyes. "Did you even bother looking inside it before ?"

"No."

"So then why did you buy it???"

Again, Kenma shrugged and Tobio wanted to slam his own face so hard. Meanwhile Hinata had a big grin on his face. "OHHHHH! We should look inside and see what it is!!!"

"Oh um yeah. Guess I should see what kind of book it is." Kenma opened the book and immediately a cloud of dust came out. Both boys inhaled it by accident for having their face literally in front of the book and had a coughing fit while Tobio judged them from a distance. His gut was telling him something was off about the book.

"Ahhhhhh...what's this?" Hinata asked, seeing a picture of a very detailed symbol with various shapes and a language they didn't understand. It was confusing the orange haired boy but not to Kenma. He seems to recognize these symbols.

"These are summoning circles."

"For?"

"Demons."