Demon Rising: The Ballad of Asura

Ashinamia

                As Asura, Honibenat and Elder Ian sit around the fire the fire starts to dance to Ian's will. The flames depict a tall man and a shorter one. Ashinamia and Likuta his younger friends. As the flames dance Elder Ian's depiction appears in them as well and the group starts talking.
                "Ashinamia was very powerful. He also felt strongly about what he believed and sadly he believed Lucifer and the council of the elders were weak" Ian speaks. The flames grow large then almost go out and burn dully.
                " I trained him like I am training you both. He always wasn't bad he was a good kid and so was Likuta. They were very close like brothers and yet they fell down a dark path. But i can only tell part of what happened why don't you both see for your self's" Ian snaps his fingers and suddenly Asura and Honibenat are both back in the time of Ashinamia are at least they are seeing what really happened through Ian's mind.
                A young Ashinamia walks down the halls to a newly built castle and looks around curious as ever. He is different than the other demons their in one major way. The aura, he is giving off, is very strong in conflicting ways. He has good and bad in him and everyone can feel it so he is avoided. As he walks down the halls he walks his path alone. Finally, he comes to the throne room and inadvertently interrupts Lucifer and the council as they talk. He bumps into something seeing them and a vase falls and all the demons in the room look up at him. As the young boy makes eye contact with the ruler of hell the council disbands as if knowing what could happen next could define this young Potential  "trespassers" fate ultimately forever. 
              As the two make eye contact the young ashinamia is slowly surrounded by the guards that didn't see him sneak in. Lucifer walks over to the young boy and looks down at him and Ashinamia tries to make himself look bigger to the 7 foot tall man in front of him. The one he called king, the one, he looked up to for guidance and then he kneels to the king of hell. From that point on the little boy in front of Lucifer, would become the son and apprentice of the man that started it all. For years, Ashinamia would train  under the king of hell. Constantly learning, growing, and becoming stronger, the boy that just 20 years prior was now becoming stronger than his master and with that he left Ashinamia to be his general and to lead his army. 
                Unfortunately, it was not long till the angels attacked. Leaving Lucifer and the council to determine if and when they strike back. This decision would mark Ashinamia's fate just as much as it did the demons'. Lucifer would decide that he didn't want to wage a war but instead wanted to talk to the angels about the problem before determining why to attack or not, the at the time, peaceful route. Ashinamia saw this as a sign of weakness and took it upon himself to strike back. Gathering his best men, Ashinamia rode into the battlefield on a black dragon and slaughtered an angel territories worth of people civilian and warrior alike. Lucifer receiving the news, and extremely enraged, to say the least, summoned his general to his quarters where they argued over the point. 
                "You are a weak and a pathetic ruler to take an attack and not strike back!" Ashinamia yells at his former master
                "Striking back is one thing but slaughtering unarmed men woman and children is another Ashinamia. I thought I trained you better than that, to know better, to understand. But I was wrong" The king of hell argued 
                   "You think i care what you think anymore old man?! you and the council are weak pathetic excuses for demons!" the arguing continued like this for a mere thirty minutes before Ashinamia drew his sword and struck at the king of hell who quickly struck back to keep the sword from meeting him. The battle wouldn't last long the Council would appear and knock ashinamia out entirely. When he woke he was in the well of ceol, the place all souls went to after death, one per species to determine what would happen to them, and the elders had him restrained. Breaking open a rare fruit that only grew at that well they drew  a seal on his chest. The seal was branded the seal of the damned as they sealed. Massive creatures started to encircle the elders. These creatures are the guardians of the well dammed Ceol Suckers due to their purpose. they stood ten feet tall with massive bodies resembling that of a bear. Skin and fur did not cover all of their bodies and some muscle was directly exposed. they had massive teeth and claws as well their hind legs hinged like that of a dog. These creatures would become the one to keep this man in his own hell forever. With the seal in place, the elders opened a portal and pushed Ashinamia in. The entire time he cursed them and swore his revenge.                 The visions end and Ian starts to speak, 
        "Likuta, on the other hand, was not as bad as Ashinamia at first. When Ashinamia was sealed away inside purgatory to forever be watched by the ceol suckers Likuta was never to be found. I don't know much about him but i can say as long as we don't know anything about him, as long as he is alive still that is, he is a threat to us"  Ian stands and look up at the night sky. 
                "Come on children let us get some rest we have a long day ahead of us" Ian smiles and walks towards the house and Asura picks up Honibenat and carries her inside for the night. 

                 Meanwhile at the well of Ceol the Ceol suckers have all been injured or killed and a small cloaked man stands drawing in their blood and chanting. 
                 "resurrection resurrection resurrection" The man's voice is soft and smooth as the blood pulses with a heart beat softly each pulse makes a small amount of light come from  the blood illuminating the room. He continues chanting and finally he completes the seal and stops chanting but bows over it. 
                " The portal shall open and those cast away come through," he stay down as a blue swirling portal starts to open and a body forms in front of it starting with nothing more than pointed limbs and slowly an 8 foot man rest in the air. He has long black hair that goes to mid chest in the front and is slightly longer in the back. His body is tight and toned, on his chest is a dulled seal of the damned and as he falls o the ground his armor and sword come back to him. 
                "M-MASTER YOU LIVE!", Likuta removes his hood showing his dull long red hair and he stands to the tall man. 
                    "Yes I do, Now my young apprentice tells me what I have missed this past millennium" Ashinamia stretches where he stands and cracks his neck as Likuta stands. 
                        "Sir Lucifer is no more the current Satan is a man by the name of Cealus, he is married to a woman named Hibana. they have one son named Asura and a second adopted son named Halo who hates them. Both are very powerful children, but Halo might serve a better pawn than Asura would. Asura, he seems rebellious and his personality might clash with your-" Ashinamia interrupts him 
                                "All souls can be broken and molded. Now which one of my descendants is the generals this time around?" Ashinami looks at Likuta his eyes glow a bright blue.
                                   " Veightant and Turmynine Glaice. They have a daughter named Honibenat. She is very close to Asura and he holds he just as close" Likuta speaks with great confidence and certainty and Ashinamia grins. 
                                        "That my old friend will be our tool to control Asura. Now come we have much to discuss" Ashinamia walks down the tunnel that leads up to the entrance of the labyrinth of tunnels to get to the well. He looks up and starts jumping up the walls to the entrance Likuta close behind. 
                        "Where is this Halo now?" 
                        "Boot camp sir." 
                        "Then we have a destination lets go."
                       
                 Days pass and as Asura and Honi train  and learn their powers they are sent into the woods as a final task. Survive by yourself or fail the course. It's been three days and everything has gone without a cinch, until Honibenat comes across a hurt wolf pup and tries to help it
                        "Hey, their little guy whats wrong with you? Did you hurt your leg?" Her voice is calm and beautiful to the ears she bends down to the wolf and examines it without getting too close. The wolf looks panicked and tries to get away from her but is limping badly. 
                           "Come her little guy let me help you" Honibenat grabs the little wolf softly but the second she touched it turns around and lunges at her with all its strength and start ripping at her face and neck and despite her attempts she isn't able to pull it off her due to the shock of it happening so quickly. So she screams, She screams and screams and hopes for the best as this little wolf she approached good intentions rips at her flesh. Asura hearing her screams rushes to her and sees the wolf and grabs it plunging a dagger into its neck out of pure anger then looks down at Honibenat. As she passes out he grabs her and runs as fast as he can to the cabin and to Ian who has him set her  on the table. Without hesitation, he cleans her wounds and stitching her back together. It takes a few hours but she is stabilized and Ian has saved the little girl, Asura has passed out holding onto her hand sitting next to her. Ian takes both of them and takes them back to the station. They survived their training even if Honibenat was badly injured they made it and passed. Within a day, they would be home. 

                        As Ashinamia waits for his group, he sits eating a pear his boots up on a desk. Likuta stands in the middle of the group  that is slowly arriving and grins when they are all there. 
                        "You all understand your mission correct?" Ashinamia says looking at them and swallowing what he has in his mouth chucking the rest to a trash can and turning to them. 
                                "Yes sir, we will be in and out before they know what hit them. But sir, while we are doing this, what will you be doing" Likuta grins growing excited for his task to be complete 
                        "I will be paying our friend Halo a visit and persuading him to do what I wish in exchange for power" Likuta becomes ecstatic at this and grins more
                                "Yes sir!" Likuta shakes with excitement and grins more. 
                                  " Good, Now my assassins. Bring me Veightant and Turmynine Glaices' heads and you all will be rewarded."