A life beyond insanity (Kaiman x reader)

60. Weak...football

It was like a party in the devil's house. Everyone seems to enjoy themselves, all but me. I was still hanging against the wall. Risu and Asu watched from the distance, not feeling well with this. They both knew, even if I may survive this, I own be able to go back to Hole.

Chidaruma made a toast, holding a glass up in my direction, "To our guinea pig Nr. Six, may your strong will and strength help you through this ritual, cheers!" I am about to get slaughtered and he makes it sound like a conformation!

Asu stepped forward, whispering over to me, "You better prepare yourself mentally; there is no guarantee that you won't become insane afterwards."

I looked bored in his direction, "I mentally sang the song 'Always look on the bright side of life 'for the tenth time, how much insane can it get?"

"At least you didn't lose your sense of humor"

"Bite me!"

The devil noticed how annoyed I was, leaving me be. Risu asked him how I was, only to get a, "A strong one, hopefully strong enough." Chidaruma and the other devils have finished their drinks and a few more bottles till they began their ritual. Somehow it was funny, that even devils need alcohol for some things. He ordered Risu and Asu to get the armor ready, covering my entire body inside this small suit. Not only was it heavy as hell, but even the amount of space was limited. The extra part for the torso was replaced by another more movable part. Chidaruma patted my head, "The extra part won't be needed until the next stage." Before I knew it, he pushed me into the direction of the door. In one go, I was thrown out of the house. Not only was the landing painful, but recovering from the fall was no option either. The devils hit me with stones, larger than bowling balls, bat body slammed into me from all sides. At the house, Chidaruma shouted down, "Keep it up...only 24 hours and 50 minutes to go!" Anything in my path was attacking me, even demons joined in on the fun. Hiding was not possible and fighting I wasn't capable. This armor was absolutely useless to me! It was a miracle though, that I had some power to even move, but even an old granny would have been faster than I was, followed by a tortoise, sloth and snail. The devils loved the sight. Since I am human, they took turns. Chidaruma always allowed around five devils to torture me, before they swap. The others sat in their sun lounger enjoying the heat of the sun.

En didn't hear me scream just yet, but so far, I only started ten minutes ago.

He sat at his table and poked into his breakfast. The sorcerer lost his appetite, pushing the plate further away. He needed some distraction, demanding another servant for the three days. A shiver went down his spine, as a familiar voice of a bird man shouted through the hall, "En darling, I can be your personal man! If you like, maybe even more!" He swallowed hard, looking back at the black house in the sky, "Hurry up Chidaruma."

But even in Hole, it was clear to see that something was missing.

The doctors, thirteen, Johnson, Nikaido and Kaiman were together in the hungry bug. It was obvious that something was wrong, especially as the lizard man didn't even eat one of his favorite gyozas. Nikaido touched his shoulder tenderly, "Kaiman, you haven't eaten anything."

Vaux nodded, "That is your fist plate and it is still full"

Kasukabe added to that, "And Nikaido served them an hour ago; they must be cold by now."

Kaiman sighted, "I am not hungry." All he sees in those gyozas was the time we met. Wherever he goes, everything reminds him that I am no longer around. His friends all jumped, as he slammed the plate off the table. Nikaido had never seen him this, feeling very worried over her best friend. Kaiman just sat there, holding his head, "I can't eat; I can't sleep...my head hurts." Vaux offered him to check it out, but the young doc refused, "This is no medical condition, he just misses her very much."

Thirteen also felt bad for the lizard man, "Is there nothing we can do?"

As much as they all want to help, they can't. According to Kasukabe, he needs to get over this in time, despite of all the symptoms. Kaiman didn't want to hear it, storming out the restaurant. "Kaiman!" Nikaido was close to tears, she didn't want him to suffer. "Don't worry, he get through this" the young doc makes it sound so easy, but is it really like that? His advice for the young woman, is to watch Kaiman for a while, if he gets worse she should tell him about it. Since the lizard man didn't even know what to do with himself, Nikaido wanted to live at her place for a while. That way it was easier for her to keep an eye on her best friend. Thirteen went over to the young woman, "How about you let him work a little, distracting him from his thoughts." Nikaido thought for a minute, seeing this as a good option, "He may find his passion for gyozas again."

But right now, Kaiman was nowhere near to recover.

He destroyed anything that was in his path, sitting in that every alley where all the mysteries have begun. Even at the central department store, Kaiman found no rest for his thoughts. The people there aren't aware of his pain and suffering, passing him by, praying to Holey. For a minute, he thought that just pointing a statue at En he may be able to defeat him. He sighted frustrated, "Yeah right."