Melody of Bones

Chapter Three

"Strawberry jam, plum jam, marmalade, and... butter and honey and... shake some cinnamon on there too," Denji said to himself while preparing his breakfast. "And the ultimate toast is ready!" Denji yelled aloud with a proud smile. He took a bite from the toast making some of the contents spill off and they dirtied the table more than it already was before. This put a disgusted look on Aki's face.

Ever since yesterday, by Makima's orders, the two started living together. The older of the two devil hunters was hesitant about this but an order from Makima was an order he couldn't ignore.

"Union job, hmm huh-hmm dum dum dum do-do-dodo! Paid days off!" Denji sang while in an overfilled tub. "You're taking too long in the bath!" Aki yelled to the dirty blonde, an angry face slowly growing after this.

Now Denji was sitting on the toilet dozing off. "Don't sleep on the toilet!" The top knot screamed to the boy who woke up afterwards. An angrier expression crept up on the blue-haired man's face.

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"We've got a fiend inside an east Nerima residence. Civilian evacuation and lockdown of the scene is complete at this time." A policeman talked to Aki on the phone. Soon Aki and Denji appeared at the house and they were let in by the policemen surrounding the place.

"Hey, what's a fiend?" the latter asked the former. "What? Didn't you learn anything in school?" The blue-haired man asked the boy. "Nope, didn't go to school." Aki was a little put off by this information but he decided to tell Denji. "A devil that's taken over a person's corpse... that's a fiend." "Oh really? Uh... ohh. Then aren't I one?" "No," Aki spoke calmly. "Their heads have distinct shapes. Like Ozzie and his horns." "Oh really? What devil was he?" Denji questioned as the two approached the top of the stairs. "The Bone Devil." Aki simply said as they stepped in front of the door.

With a quick motion, the man kicked down the door revealing a man with bug-like mandibles munching on the corpse of a bird. "Fiends have the devil's personality. You kill this one." Aki stared coldly at the fiend who was eating. "Turn into a devil, like Makima said. Show me your power. I'll decide whether you're useful or not." Aki ordered Denji who looked at the fiend who started screaming nonsense. But Denji without hesitation cut off the fiend's head with the axe he had been carrying over his shoulder, then he kicked the body over so the blood would spray on the wall behind it.

"Hey. Why didn't you use your devil powers?" Aki began with his eyes narrowing. "Ohh, well... when I use my power to kill devils... it looks super painful," Denji spoke to try and give a good reason to his senior, but the blue-haired man wasn't having it and began walking to the boy who continued to speak. "Like, uh, I could've ended up as a fiend like this guy too, right? So I guess I wanted to give the poor guy... a painless death.

Aki gripped Denji by the face and pushed his head against the window making a banging sound. "Listen up. Don't you forget this. Fiends are bona fide devils too. A devil hunter shouldn't be sympathizing with devils." The top knot-having man glared daggers into the boy as he continued to speak. "My entire family was killed by a devil right before my eyes. The cops down there? I've gone drinking with them before. They're risking their lives to do their jobs, to protect their wives and kids." Aki kept his hand on Denji's head, keeping it up against the window.

"Everyone is serious about this but you. I want to kill devils in ways that cause them to suffer as much as possible. What do you want? To be friends with them?" Denji looked at his senior in thought then spoke in a calm voice. "If there are any devils I could be friends with, then yeah, I do. Cuz I don't have any friends..." The boy stared at Aki who was taken aback by that statement. His hand released its grip on the dirty blonde's head, and Aki began to walk away.

"I'll remember those words..." The man spoke before slamming the door behind him. Denji stood alone in the room, sighed, and then kneeled to look at... magazines. "Blah... he sure has a short temper... the truth is, I just didn't wanna get blood in these dirty magazines." The boy looked over to the corpse of the fiend he had decapitated. "Cuz with chainsaws, blood ends up spraying all over. I did you a favor killing you quickly, so I'm taking these." The blonde grabbed a magazine or two and began flipping through them. "Alright, the porn is secured!" Denji spoke to himself.

But what was the bone fiend Ozzie doing? Well...

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With Ozzie:

"So... the devil had how many gun pieces?" A man walked up to Ozzie who stared at the corpse of the devil he had killed yesterday. "Three. That's the only reason it got the drop on me. Plus the fact I was off my game yesterday as well." Ozzie declared stoically. "Uh... right sir. But you sure you don't need a package of bl-" "No." "A-alright then." The man walked away then the fiend followed suit.

"Damn... I could use a nap." Ozzie said with a yawn as he stretched. Crows watched as the man walked over to the devil hunter bureau "Oh yeah... Makima wants me to tell Denji about his new partner. Oh well, napping will have to wait." The fiend laughed to himself while he continued traveling to the bureau.

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Ozzie stepped into Makima's office seeing Aki and Denji standing there, the latter of the two younger devil hunters zoned out. "Alright Makima, I've called for-" "MELONS!!" Denji strangely shouted confusing the fiend. "Huh? Like the fruit?" Makima inquired. "Pay attention, you idiot!"Aki scolded Denji making the boy wonder what's been going on.

"To what, now...?" The boy wondered. "I'm pairing you up with a buddy." "A buddy...?" "In public safety, for small-scale missions, patrolling, and so on, we act in pairs for safety's sake." An echo of footsteps was heard outside the door. "Oh, perfect timing. Looks like your buddy is here." Denji turned to the door then Makima spoke again. "Be careful... she's a fiend."

The door was kicked open and a strawberry-blonde girl with crimson horns walked through the doorway. "Hey, hey, hey! GROVEL HUMAN!! MY NAME IS POWER! ARE YOU MY BUDDY OR WHATEVER?!" "Power?! Your name is Power?! Wait you're a fiend?!" Denji shouted confused at such a ridiculous name and also the large barging in from the girl. "Power, can you keep the volume down?" Ozzie requested of Power calmly. "WELL WHATEVER!! LOOKIN' FOREARD TO WORKIN' WITH YA!"

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Should I start adding skits to the story to increase the depth on characters or add QnAs so you can ask either me or the characters questions, like in Hell's Villain and Hell's Heroes?

Well, I'll leave it up to you all. See you next time!