The Karitori-ki

Explanations and off to Demon World

Blondie came towards us, battered and bloody and stretched his hand out towards me. I hesitated for a moment before grabbing it. Fumio warily asked, “Who are you? Who was that and what did he want?” Blondie turned his head towards Fumio and gave a small pained smile. “I’m Maine, Casey and I’ve known Eon since I was five. Before I explain let’s clean up this place.”

 

We sat down in the family/living room after getting rid of the broken furniture. Kai very lazily said, “You said you would explain so do it.” Casey nodded at him a little curious about his lazy nature. “Let me give you some background knowledge first. Eon here,” at this he pointed at me, “Is the king of Demon World.” Everyone but myself gained shocked looks. I was getting a nudge in the back of my mind instead, the king thing sounds familiar I thought.

 

Casey continued, “Around 16 years ago someone snuck into the palace and turned Eon into a baby and sent him to the human world. Though I don’t know why since they could have easily killed him. Anyway ever since then the group has been causing chaos or trying to. Luckily the army has been fighting them. But several of are stronger soldiers have fallen to their leader - Moren.”

 

We all stared at him as we absorbed that information. Mori cocked his head slightly, “What about Fumio’s other questions?” Casey chuckled lightly at that. “I was just getting to that. That was one of Moren’s soldiers. He was sent here to kill Eon so he couldn’t get in his way of destroying all dimensions. Moren knows that Eon doesn’t have all his powers which is why one of the weaker soldiers were sent.”

 

Some blood slid down from Casey’s hairline, which dad noticed. “Take off your shirt Blondie, now and don’t argue,” he commanded in his doctor tone. Casey shrugged of the ripped up shirt which was missing some buttons. I noticed a glaring scar on his chest, which looked like claw marks. Casey noticed the staring and smiled a slightly pained smile. “ Eon, you gave me this scar scar a hundred years ago in a one of your Rages. You see Rages are when an animal demon gets so angry that they lose all sense of rationality and identity. They won’t stop until they slaughter what angered them in the first place or someone they care for stops them.”

 

My eyes widen at this, then a flood of memories exploded within my mind. I blacked out for a second and came back. I looked up and saw everyone showing concern, and I directly looked at Casey. “Casey let’s talk outside okay?” I asked him and he nodded.

 

Casey looked up at me wondering where this was going. I hugged him tightly and he tensed. “E-eon? What-” I cut him off with, “I missed so darn much Casey.” I lightly pushed him away to see his eyes widen. “You remember?” I nod with a big smile on my face. “Yeah and I’m going to say something I might never get to say with who we’re going to be fighting and everything else going on. I-I’ve always thought of you as my own son. Ever since I picked you up that day I’ve thought it.” I said in a nervous spill.

Casey looked shocked at the confession and hugged me which I happily returned. Casey stared up at me with a smile, “Eon I’ve been mentally calling you my dad since 7 months after you rescued me.” Now it was me who was shocked, which quickly turned to laughter. “We’re a couple of idiots for not saying anything earlier.” Casey murmured silently in agreement.

 

We went back inside to see everyone trying not to act like they were listening in. Casey and I looked at each other in amusement and shook our heads. Casey spoke, “Dad,” I gave a shocked smile, “ We should go to Demon World.” Curious as to why I asked, though I suspected the answer, “Why do we need to go to Demon World?” Casey rolled his eyes at me when I asked. “So we can plan what to do with idiots who seem to be wanting to tear it apart.”

 

I chuckled slightly, “I know, I know, I was just messing with ya. Hey this means I get to see Takeshi(1)!” I said perking up a bit. Everyone but Casey just look confused. Kai sounding a bit interested spoke up. “Hey Eon who’s Takeshi exactly?” I cackle slightly and made everyone a bit nervous. “Takeshi is my head of military and good friend!" 

Ares looked thoughtful about something. “Eon, what’s Takeshi like, what does he look like, how did you meet, and how long have you known each other?” I wondered why she wants to know but I answer her anyway. “Takeshi is very serious, more that Fumio, and he rarely cracks a joke. He’s the head of my army and for good reason. He’s reliable, always has your back, and is very loyal.Takeshi's a dragon demon with pointed ears, a forked tongue, and gold slitted eyes. He a few inches shorter than me and has black hair with a white stripe that earned him the nickname skunk. We met 20,000 years ago when he was 2,500 years old.” I chuckled a bit at the end of it.

 

Fumio was surprisingly the one to say holy crap. I just smiled at him and showed off my canines. “Yes holy crap and let’s get going so I can annoy Takeshi.” With that I opened a portal to Demon World. With that Casey started leading people through the portal, starting with Ares. Slowly everyone went through till it was just Arashi and I.

 

I looked over at him with a little smirk, “Well dad you coming?” He looked over to me in surprise, happy but surprised. “You’re going to keep calling me dad? Even after gaining your memories back” he questioned. I shrugged slightly, “Yeah. You raised for 16 years after finding me behind some trash cans. Why wouldn’t I keep calling you dad?"

 

He gave me happy smile and smacked my head lightly. Laughing both of us went through the portal.

 (1) Takeshi means warrior. Takeshi doesn't have a last name. He's 22,500 years old. Like I said before he's serious. He's been second to Eon in leading the army for 10,000 years. He and Eon met when Takeshi was 2,500 and fought together which is why he's second in command. You guys can imagine how they met. I'll give a description on how he looks next chapter, and just so you know he's 6'5" so he's not much shorter than Eon.