Michikosama

Episode 5: 7 Princes With 7 Sins.

I don't know how long i've been crying, but I do know that the tears will not stop falling. Ruben tries to remove himself from the hug, but I won't let him. I just hold him tightly than the last time, making sure he is real and not a figment of my imagination. My dad is dead, and Ruben is the last person I love left in my life. It doesn't help that he's standing in-front of me, because I feel like that man with the cold eyes is going to come after me. His eyes were colder than the demons who was said to possessed them. 

"Not yet." I say as I feel Ruben trying to pull away from me. "Not yet..." I whisper softly into his chest. Like always, he doesn't listen, and the warmth is gone leaving the cold to linger. I look up at Ruben's face, knowing he is about to tell me everything pertaining to today's event, but how can he remain in Nirvana while seeing the tears falling down from my eyes? I don't sense Sympathy or Empathy just a calm aura which is to be expected. 

"Your dad is a demon. Well, he's the most powerful demon in the underworld."

"Is he? I didn't know that." I say sarcastically, earning a glare from him. 

"This is no time to be sarcastic." He scolds, and I roll my eyes ready to listen to what ever information he has to tell me.  "Your dad is Lucifer." 

"Wait...he's what?!?" I scratch my temples in confusion. 

"You heard it right, and don't try to make sense of it right now." Ruben grabs my hand, holding it securely in his. "I'm going to explain everything." He said, and I nod. "There are 7 deadly sins, and each of the 7 sins has a demon who is assign to it. Those demons are the 7 princes of hell." 

I can feel myself getting dizzy from all the information he is providing to me, but I don't say anything. I need to  hear this, I wanted to hear this, I had to. 

Ruben lets my hand go, and i'm glad for that. "Lucifer is pride, Mammon is greed, Asmodeus is lust, Leviathan is envy, Beelzebub is gluttony, Satan is wrath, and Belphegor is sloth." He finishes off. 

"I don't particularly remember my dad being proud of anything other than marry my mom and having me. The same goes to you. Wrath doesn't fits your character. You're too nice." I say.

He laughs the same way like the time I made the deal with him as if I said something dumb. "You have much to learn." He pats my head like a dog, and I squirm away from him.  "Anyway, the 7 princes of hell also has responsibility which is the reason your dad was always gone, and I was able to visit you once a week. I rule the south, your dad rules the north, and so forth until the underworld is distributed among the princes."

"So, does that mean you knew my dad?" I had to ask, because the scene of them in my room transformed into demon forms was just confusing me. 

"I do." He states. 

"And, you weren't going to tell me?" I stand up, frowning at Ruben serene face. I hated that face, but it was expected from a demon like him. 

"No, because your dad didn't want us to meet. I disobeyed your father's orders."

"Why? Why didn't he want you and I to meet?" I walk closer to him, getting more confused. 

Ruben paused momentarily, trying to produce an explanation, but having a hard time to find one. "H-he didn't want you to know your true identity."

"About me being demon, right?"

"Yes."

"That's what I don't understand." I rub my temples in frustration. This was new to me, and I had to approach it with a beginners mind.  "If my father is a demon, then was my mom a demon too?"

"No she wasn't. You're mom was a human. You are part demon. Half human and half demon." And, like that its like all the puzzle pieces came together to form a giant picture. I was satisfied, but not quite.

"Did you know my mom?" I say out of nowhere. This question has been dreading in my mind every since I saw dad and him standing in my room. If he knew my dad, then he must have known mom. 

He avoids my gaze, stretching his arms out wide. "That's enough questions for today." He says abruptly, and I freeze. He doesn't want to answer that question for some reason, why? I didn't want to force it out of him for now, because it wasn't the time to. I had bigger issues to fry, and plus I have a feeling we would be spending a lot of time together giving him more time to explain everything gradually to me. 

"One last question." I hold up my index finger.

"Ask away."  His eyes connects with mine once again. 

"Where are my demon powers?"

"Eh-" He places his index finger on his chin in a thinking manner. "Now that's a good question. Where are you demon powers?" Ruben repeats back to himself. I wait while he ponders with the question in his head. Was it that hard of a question? Doesn't he know where my dad hid my powers? Ruben quickly grabs my arms, pulling me out of my thoughts. 

"W-what are you doing?" I say as I follow helpless behind him as he pulls me across my room. 

"To Hell." He answer bluntly, and the black hole became visible. 

"I never thought I hear that." I comment. 

Ruben turns around and looked at me with a serious expression. "We are going to get your demon powers."

"Oh..I see." I smiled. "Is this how I came to my room?" I looked at the black floating hole. 

"Yes. This is the portal."

"I thought it was only to go to the underworld."

"It goes wherever you want it to go."

That makes sense, what good would it be if it didn't? "Why are we going to get my powers? For all we know I might not have any."

He stops walking. "I can't protect you all the time."

My face formed confusion. "Protect me from what?"

"Those people you saw that killed your father, and the demons who want his thrown." He lets my hand go, and I feel like he just doesn't want to take responsibility of me. Who would? I'm just a 16 year old girl. 

"W-why can't you protect me?" My voice shook in fear of his answer. 

"I'm not going to be around all the time."  Ruben statement was validation to my assumption. "I have a kingdom to run." He added, and my heart beat picks up again. I completely forgot he was 1 out of the 7 princes in hell. I'm being selfish by worrying about my own feelings. "Stop day dreaming would ya! Lets go." Ruben calls out. I see him with one foot in the portal's mouth, while he's extending his hand out towards me, smiling. 

This is my life, and I have to except it. There's not going back. "Yeah!" I smiled back at him, running towards him. I grabbed his warm masculine hands. This is the sin my dad and mom committed. Now it was my turn, but was I ready?