Who would have thought

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It took nine days for Shoto to wake up.

His first thought was that he was hungry and needed a drink. Then he wondered where he was. He was in the woods going to take on the Akuma clan last he remembered .

He tired to sit up only yell out in pain as fire runs through his torso and head.

He vaguely heard what he was sure was supposed to be a deep voice but he wasn't able to focus enough to actually hear it.

He felt large hands push him on the bed and could see a blurry fight trying to talk to him once again.

The figure disappeared for a minuet and returned to try to put something in his mouth

Recognizing the bitter smell of painkillers he let the person administer it to him.

It took a half hour for them to kick in so that he could observe his surroundings.

Moving only his eyes he discovered he was in a richly decorated room and that there was a black haired man in the room with him doing some paperwork

"Wh-.... Where, am.... I..." he barely manages to croke out the words, dizziness making it difficult to even speak.

"Ah, are we finally Conscious enough to speak?" The man turned to walk over and  Shoto saw something that terrified him.

the demon lord Vox Akuma was standing right over him.

In a fit of fear Shoto ignored the pain and sat up as fast as he could to escape, but the demon was faster.

He grabs Shoto and holds him down, preventing him from saving himself.

Convinced he is now going to die Shoto begins to recite a prayer he hear in a temple he had killed a demon in once.

He had no idea who he was praying to or even what he was saying but he figured it was at least somewhat soothing to himself to have a distraction from his doom.

Much to his surprise, the demon lord jumped back as far as he could when he heard the prayer and looked ready to fight.

Being all to relived that he was now on the other side of the room Shoto stoped talking and reached for his head that was burning worse then anything he had felt before.

He rolled to his side and curled into a ball so he could hold his head.

"Oh gods... what is happening" he let out another pained grown as he waited for the pain to subside.

When he could think again he opened his eyes to see the demon on the back wall still tense but looking at him with a stunned expressions

"Just kill me already." He was so tired. Shoto could only barely think through the pain he was in. He couldn't figure a way out of this and didn't fancy getting torchered. It's not like anyone was going to miss him. The only one he would be disappointing is himself for not finishing his goal.

However at his words The Lord looked even more confused.

"You... we don't plan to kill you." This pit Shoto on edge. What elce would a demon do with a human?