A Devil with an Angel's Heart

Chapter 21

||Jotaro

"Wow, relax. I brought her back. So what's the big deal?" Kate asked, an entire army of angels standing before her, the four beasts of hell behind her. How had it come to this? Well....

Kate had asked whether Polnareff wanted to say goodbye to his sister properly and once and for all. Since the French sad he would like that Kate had revealed a scythe, one they had seen before. The old man muttered "Kate, please don't tell me that's the...." "Reaper's scythe? Yes. The very same. I swiped it, when I had the chance. You know, Dio has to have a soul. He's not a zombie after all. Vampires are creatures that have died, who's soul ,however, didn't leave the body....So, I figured, I could try and swipe Dio's soul with this....But it has other purposes, for example...opening the gates to other realms!" Kate swung the scythe and stairs appeared before them. ranking into the sky. The railing was golden and the steps itself were of the purest white. "Ouch..." Kate put her index finger into her mouth, she had cut herself. "I'm shtill practishing." she mumbled and looked up at the sky, having first regrets. "All right here we go!" Kate sprinted off, jumping up the stairs and weaving through the souls that made their way up there. "Move it, living soul coming through...."

Eventually, she had brought back Polnareff's little sister Sherry and after giving them some time she brought Sherry back. Shortly after she returned a demon appeared, telling Kate something about some annual training. The woman had sighed, "I know. Skipping is not an option." and thus the three other beasts appeared. "Wait, we're doing this right now?" Kate asked surprised, "Fine, are we starting with the race?" Instantly, four different types of magical energy coursed through the air, moving it. But before they could start Heaven's Army appeared. "One would mean angels are pacifists..." Kate grumbled. "Who is your leader?" asked one of the angels. Kate raised her hand, then pointed to Solomon in one smooth motion. The male instantly rolled his eyes, while Kate turned and walked off. "Solomon? Makes sense, you're the oldest. So I take it you're the strongest, as well?" the angel asked. "No." answered Solomon and it was easy to see Kate didn't like what was coming next. "Kate, my prodigy student over there is the strongest. So leadership is divided between us..." admitted Solomon. "Correction. Former student." she grumbled. "So, you are the fire mage?" inquired the angel. Kate nodded. "So, you're the one who broke into heaven and stole a soul?" the angel continued. "I didn't break in! The window was already open!" Kate protested, "Besides, I didn't steal the soul, she went with me willingly." That statement was met with the tip of a sword pointed to her neck. "Wow, relax. I brought her back. So, what's the big deal?" the woman asked, then added, "W--would you please stop pointing that thing at me?" She gently pushed aside the blade with two fingers.

And that's how they found themselves in yet another absurd situation. In that moment Sherry came down from heaven, "Kate! I'm back!" the soul happily clung to Kate, ignoring her own brother. "We must ask you to come to heaven with us. We need to purify you." the angel stated, dismissing the newly arrived soul. "I don't wanna go to heaven." Kate pouted, patting Sherry, the two were very close in age, "It's boring up there. Besides, I ain't taking those stairs again! They go on forever! Have you ever thought about going with time? How about installing an escalator, huh?" the woman complained. "You still need to come with us." the angel declared. "I'd rather walk around in my underwear than go back up these stairs!" Kate growled. Her aura suddenly expanded. Demons worked a lot with intimidation and fear. (Kate had told him about scare bombs before. These bombs emitted smoke that showed what one feared most and a loud noise would scare the opponent.) The aura was strong enough to imprint fear on everyone around, almost forcing them to their knees. "So this is Kate's intimidation aura. I expected it to be this strong and grand but this is far beyond my expectations. The grander one's magic the stronger the intimidation aura." muttered Avdol, while shivers ran down their spine. Some of the angels buckled and fell to their knees while the others struggled to keep looking at her. "So, this is how strong you are..." the angel growled. "I'm strong enough to summon seven demons at once." Kate declared and fire shot out behind her, rising high into the sky and forming a huge lion. A growl rumbled in Kate's chest. That must have been the reason why she was called The Red Lion. "I don't think you would actually walk around in your underwear. Why don't you just come with us to heaven?" the angel dared asking again and surprisingly Kate's supressing aura and the lion disappeared as the woman laughed. "You really think I wouldn't do that? Oh, you have no idea. I wouldn't walk around naked, I have that much decency, but underwear is not naked, pal. If I have to, I'll undress right here on the spot." Kate declared. And Jotaro could feel the catastrophe coming as the angel said, "You wouldn't." Kate simply raised an eyebrow and looked rather amused, "Fine." she stated before starting to take of her shoes and lifted her top, which wasn't covering much of her skin anyway. The angel immediately retaliated, "Ok woman! You win! You don't have to go to heaven but we'll leave someone to watch you and make sure you don't cause anymore trouble." and with these words the army returned to heaven. Only one angel remained. Kate turned around to face the angel, a smirk curling her lips and her eyes glinted dangerously predatory, "Hello there, kitten." she purred. The angel immediately knew that this was dangerous for him. "You will not sully me, demon." "Oh, my little kitten. We could have so much fun... Just look at that pretty face of yours. I'm pretty sure that...yes, a blindfold would suit you." Kate inched closer to the angel who took a step back, then turned around and fled, "And there he goes. It's so easy to scare angels. Always worried about their virtue." Kate chuckled, then realised something. Sherry was still with them, "hey, you forgot your soul!" she shouted after the last angels but he didn't hear her. Kate turned to Sherry, "Don't worry, they'll come and get you sooner or later. In the meantime you can just stick with us, or I could take you to hell. It's a very fun place, if you get used to it." Kate offered and Polnareff slapped the back of her head, "Don't think of corrupting my little sister." "You stay out of it, this is something between two girls." Kate retorted and Sherry laughed, "Right, brother." The two girls put their heads together and giggled. Polnareff grumbled, "Why are girls always so fast to stick together when they go against men?" The two girls walked ahead, arms linked as if they'd known each other for years. "Relax, Polnareff. Kate is just happy to finally have another girl around. She's been pretending to be no different from us all this time, but by the end of the day, she's still a girl." explained Avdol. However it was in vain as Polnareff almost blew up when he heard Kate ask his little sister, "So, how are the men up there?"