The Demons Demise

CHAPTER 7: AKUMA

Lex stood up straight and his eyes changed to having no emotion in them. "How have you been, father?" Lex asked with a hesitant smile.
"Oh, I've been just fine. Though... I am a little upset that you ignored the orders of returning back home." Akuma said, and fiddled with the tuft of grey hair on his chin. "Also, I was expecting that Angel's head to come with you. Did you just not bring it with you, or... Or have you to yet kill him, son?"

"I...Uhm, I-" Lex stuttered.
"Because you know what will happen if you don't answer my orders in time." He looked at Lex with a displeasing smile. "Don't you?" He added.
"Yes, I do, but..."
"Finish that sentence, son. 'But...' what?" Akuma asked and folded his arms.
"But why did you choose me to kill him!?" He yelled out, feeling himself mentally falling.
"Well, you became attached to an Angel before and that didn't end well, did it? The Angels Antagonism tried to kill both you and the Angel. Do you remember who that Angel was, Lex?" Akuma asked and unfolded his arms, looking at his nails which now protruded into talons. He turned to Lex and dropped his arms. "Remember his name?"
"I-It was... Uhm, let me see--"

"Don't waste my time." He reached out to Lex's face and Lex cowered down a little and squinted his eyes.
"A-Ariuk! His name was Ariuk!" Akuma dropped his arms.
"Well done, you remembered. But, I don't think you know... Ariuk is now your best friend in The Angels Antagonism. Kurkoren – that is."
"Wait, no... You changed Ariuk into... You're lying; Ariuk and Kurkoren look nothing alike." Lex stated and Akuma sighed and nodded.

"Yes, that may be right. But that's because I wanted him to look different so you didn't realize who he was. And I made him look different by drinking him dry of his blood and then injecting my blood into his body – completely filling it up." Akuma explained.
"How does that make them look different?" Lex asked, eyes filled with disgusted curiosity.
"When I've changed Angels before, I only drink a little of their blood and then inject mine. And therefore they look like they always have, just with a Demons wings and mindset. Appearance otherwise will not change."

"Oh." Lex exhaled. "I see."

Akuma growled like a beast. "But, we aren't here to discuss things nicely are we?" His talons reached towards Lex but stopped as the tip of his claw met with Lex's forehead. "We're here to teach you why you need to kill that Angel. Anouke, that is."

Lex's heart thumped ferociously against his chest and there was a sudden muster of courage as he slapped Akuma's hand away. "Oh, what's this?" Akuma whispered.
His eyes were filled with rage now. The color of blood permeated them and his pupils faded into a bright yellow, alike an untamed panther ready for the kill. "Are you trying to make me angry? I was going to go easy on you this time, but now you've asked for it."

Akuma wrapped his hands around Lex's neck and picked him up; his body lifted into the air and dangled like a corpse hanging from a noose. He gritted his teeth and tried to break out of his grasp, clawing at his hand as his own talons popped out. He threw Lex and he rolled into a cluster of chairs, hitting his head off the leg of the dining room table. "Ugh..." He muttered and stood straight back up.

"I've ordered you to kill that damned brat of an Angel and even gave you extended time and you still haven't killed that ass. I've taught you before how to kill an Angel because you were so kind to them that I even doubted you were a Demon even though it was impossible for you to not be one. Looks like I'll have to do those same teachings and cause terror to surge through your bones until you kill him."
"Akuma... A-Akuma, calm down, you're--" Lex began to talk but Akuma cut him off by running towards him, swinging his arm at full power, only just missing his head and punching his shoulder.

"Argh!" Lex cried out. His arm had come clean off. Before the blood could even seep out, his arm regenerated and Akuma paused in his tracks. "You're... You're a fucking Bai Ze!" Lex dragged his body backwards. "Demons can heal, but not as quick as that. Only higher ranks can heal quicky - and you're a higher-low - and it's still slower than that!" Lex's body hit a knocked over chair and he looked around the room. What a mess... All of this just because he wants to kill Anouke? What does he even hate... no- resent Anouke for? What did he do? It's no use thinking this; I'll have to ask him.