Simple lies

The Search Begins

Emi's pov:

I was walking to Devil's Castle after I left my house. I had to ask the king Satan if he knew what was going on with Lucifer but first I was going to make a quick stop by the Devil's Castle. He was acting strange, well stranger than usual and if anyone would know what was going on it would be him. I was just about there when I heard yelling

"GET BACK HERE YOU NEET!" That sounds like Alciel. I was about to yell and ask what was going on when Lucifer bumped into me as he ran. Why was he running? And where those..... Tears in his eyes? I was stunned for a moment. Why would Lucifer, a highly regarded demon general be crying? I decided to ask Alciel seeing as Lucifer was long gone and I wasn't about to run in heels. I quickly walked up to their door and saw a confused and frustrated Alciel standing by the door

"Can't control your own pests?" I mocked. All Alciel did was sigh

"What do you want now Emilia? I'm not in the mood to deal you and a moody Urushihara."

"What happened anyway? Last I checked he wasn't allowed out of the house." I said hiding how confused I was with curiosity. Alciel looked torn

"I don't know exactly, one moment he was fine next he was bolting out of the house..."  Alciel finally said. I was shocked, while Lucifer was known for his moodiness he had never been so upset that he was willing to leave his laptop behind and leave the comforts of home.

  "Are you going to go and look for him?" I asked.

"I'm sure the ungrateful brat will be crawling back to the devil's castle soon. After all we still have his laptop" Alciel said but it was obvious t o a hero like me that he wasn't convinced by his own words. I paused and thought of an idea.

"How about I go and get Satan to look for Lucifer, along with Suzuno, and Chiho while you stay here in case he comes home. We both know that we shouldn't trust him to be out there by him, he'll probably get himself lost or hurt easily" I said looking back to where I had seen him run off. It was obvious that Alciel didn't want to disturb his lord. Eventually he sighed.

" I hate the fact that I agree with you "Hero"  but it would be in everyone' best interests to find him as soon as possible, even if his lord loses some of his precious hours at work"  I nodded and went to Suzuno's door and knocked. She opened up the door soon after.

"Oh, hero Emilia you look frazzled. Is something the matter?" She looked at me with confusion and all I did was nod at first.

"Lucifer seems to have run away so in getting you, Maou, and Chiho to help look for him before he gets arrested" I was kind of annoyed that I was even wasting my time on Lucifer but I was uneasy about his sudden run, I mean this is the kid, er demon who would rather be on his computer than get up to do anything, let alone run Besides what kind of hero would just let a demon general run off without some sort of investigation

"Give me just a minute Emilia and then we should go get the others" Suzuno shut the door but a minute later she came out wearing her exact same kimono, though I knew she changed. She shut the door and we began our walk to McRonalds. Most of the walk was silent and we just glanced around seeing if we spotted him. We weren't even half way there when it began to rain and I scowled. Of course it rains now, that lazy demon better be grateful.... Suzuno pulled out an umbrella

"Here, I remembered that the paper had said something about the oncoming storm so I came prepared."

"Thanks, man this sucks. Of all the days he decides to make a brake for it"

"Yes it does seem that way, but at least we have almost arrived" I nodded and saw the McRonalds up ahead. When we opened the door the place was surprisingly empty. Both Maou and Chiho noticed us right away.

"Hi Suzuno, hi Emi, what can I get you today?" she spoke cheerfully before I could answer Suzuno spoke up

"It seems that Urushihara has fled the devil's castle and Ashiya requires our assistance to help find him before he gets himself into trouble" When Maou heard of Urushihara's escape his eyes widened and he slammed his hands down on the counter.

"He did what?" Maou sounded angry and annoyed, this time I replied

"He ran off, I was going to go and check on him and your servant but he bumped past me. I didn't think it was him at the time so I didn't stop him" I shrugged as I said the last bit

"Why didn't you think it was him Emi?"  Even though Chiho was the one who spoke up everyone seemed to be asking the same confusion

"Well....." I don't know why I was so reluctant to say that I saw him crying, but I eventually spat it out " it's because he was running and because he was crying.... or at least it looked like it"  I got a few confused looks

"He... was crying?" Suzuno asked surprised I nodded.

"So do you guys think you can get off work early to help us track him down?"  I focused my gaze back on them and I saw them nod.

"yeah I'll go talk to Ms. kisaki and see if she can find two people to cover for us so we can go look, that okay with you Chiho?" Maou said as he began to take his hat off he looked to Chiho for confirmation.

"Sure Mr. Maou!" Chiho said nodding her head and Maou left while Chiho went to change. Chiho came back first and then Maou in his own clothes.

"She said it was fine but we should be quick about it, the storm is getting worse" Although Satan was acting calm and collected I could tell he was worried. He handed Chiho an umbrella and we began to make or way to the front of the store. We walked outside and I jumped slightly at the sudden crash of lightning.

"Emi, do you know where Ashiya is searching?" Maou said as he looked to me. I shook my head

"He's not looking, I told him to stay at the house so if Lu- Urushihara goes back home he wouldn't be completely alone" I ran a hand through my hair. I've got to get better at their other names.  I thought offhandedly. Maou nodded his head.

"Makes sense..." he paused and looked around "since we have no idea where he would have gone why don't we split up so we cover more ground? it would make finding him easier and we could me back up at the Devil's castle if we find him or if it gets too late" I thought about this and I hated the fact that I had to agree, there was no reason for all of us to go together if we had no idea where he would be.

"That's a great idea Mr. Maou! How about I go north, you go west, Suzuno goes south, and Emi go east. That way we cover all four directions?"

"Sounds like a good idea fair Chiho" Suzuno said.

"Keep your phones on in case we find him" Maou said as he began to go west. We each went our direction and I scowled as I remembered I didn't have an umbrella. I quickly went and bought one and began my search.

                                                                                                                                      "URUSHIHARA?!" I called out into the rain covered street

A/N: Whelp with school starting soon my already slow updates will be even slower but I'll try and keep up with my stories and such. Goodbye for now my readers~