The Demon From Heaven (Blue Exorcist)

Prologue

There she is. A young woman possibly around 23 years old. Small tears in her tired brown eyes. Sweat trickled her brow. She was smiling at something in her arms wrapped loosely in a pink blanket.

Her brown hair stuck to her forehead and she pushed back a strand that slipped past her face.

"I will call you..."

"Aren't you a cutie?" A woman younger than the little girl's mother said. She was her sister. "Mitsuki...." The younger woman said in a serious tone.

"Yes? Ai?" The mother asked.

"What will you do? When people find out about her?"

"I've thought about it and I want you to take care of her."

"Oh no. I couldn't do that. I can barely take care of myself."

"Yes. You must. She's much too young to look after herself. Should the need arise, you will care for her. I know people will come after her. She's is my one and only child, please keep her safe."

"What do I do if she is found?"

"Bring her to Fugimoto of course. Do whatever you can to keep her away from Gahenna and Assiah. She's a threat to them both."

The night was dark and filled with bloodshed.

"Give up the child, Mitsuki Shiba!" A male voice commanded. "And I won't have to kill you."

"Ai! Ai! Take Nae now! She's in danger!"

"Not without you, Mitsuki!" Ai pleaded with her sister.

"No. I have to hold him back. Get out of here now!"

"You can't do that! You'll get yourself killed!" Ai began to tear up.

"Then I'll know that it was for a good cause! Now listen to me! Go or do you want all three of us to die?! I'll be right behind you."

Ai held the baby in her arms tightly and turned away. That was the last she had seen of her sister.

"I promised my sister that I would make sure nothing happened to this child. And I'm going to make sure of it."

"It seems I have finally found you. Mitsuki Shiba." A man said in a taunting voice.

"What do you want, Arthur Auguste Angel?" Mitsuki said, backing up.

"There's nowhere for you to run. Give up the child and I won't have to kill you."

"You'll never get her. You might as well quit now."

"I don't stop until I get what I want. And I want that child. It's a disease. You and I both know that."

"No. I don't know that. It's my child." Her back hit the wall. She had nowhere to go.

"I don't want to have to get the blood of an angel on my hands. So tell me, where is the child you birthed?!"

"I will never tell you. You'll have to kill me."

"That would benefit neither of us. All it would do for you is send you right to hell where you belong."

"Considering your last name is Angel, you sure don't act like one."

"I don't have time for this." The blonde man pointed his sword at Mitsuki's throat. "If you don't tell me the location of this child, I might just kill you."