Obey Me! one master to rule them all

up the stairs

Seeing Leviathan turn around to face her, he then spoke.

".... Finally. I've been waiting for you to show up. It took you long enough. When I call for you, you need to come right away, understand? Don't walk, run. I want you moving at light speed. Like the way Henry races over whenever his best friend the lord of shadows calls on him. You saw the TSL DVDs, so you should know. He comes riding up on the winged unicorn that he won off the lord of fools in a bet...Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying you and I are best friends or anything. As if. So, do you know why I called you here?"

Taking in a deep breath, she then smiled "let's patch things up between us."

"EXCUSE ME? What do you mean patch thing up? In order to patch things up, we would've had to have been on good terms to begin with, wouldn't we? I don't remember you and me ever being buddies, not any time in the last 5000 years at least. So, don't go getting the wrong idea"

"Well, sorry for thinking that we were on good terms"

Sighing Levi then spoke "...All right, look. Here's the thing. You remember why we decided to have that competition in the first place, right? It was to see who the bigger TSL fan was. And I told you that if you won, I'd enter into a pact with you. That little trump card you pulled out was a real dirty trick..."

Looking down at the ground Yuki then apologized. "I know, I'm sorry....i knew that I wouldn't surpass your extensive knowledge of TSL, so I had no choice but to use dirty handed tactics... so I'll understand if you don't want to form the pact now"

"...but a promise is a promise, after all. It really kills me to do this... it makes my stomach churn. But, I'll keep my end of the bargain." looking up she could see Levi let out a small smile "I'll do it. I'll make a pact with you."

With tears beginning to form in her eyes Yuki could barely make out a sentence "Thank you"

"Hmph..." walking up to her, Levi then took her right hand and placed a slight kiss on it. looking at the necklace she received from Diavolo with the weird incantations engraved around the edge and a hole in the middle had changed again. Inside the hole was a yellow gem that resembled Mammon's and now a blue gem that resembled Leviathan's had appeared next to it.

"...So, what's all this about, anyway?" looking slightly confused by Levi's question Yuki replied

"what do you mean?"

"there's something you're not telling me, isn't there? A normie human like you asking to make a pact with a demon like me? You must have some sort of ulterior motive." looking slightly guilty she allowed Levi to continue "This is about more than just making a pact, right? You're after something else. Go on, spill the beans."

Rubbing the back of her neck, Yuki smiled at him. "You caught me!" returning to a composed state Yuki then begged "Lend me your copy of the TSL soundtrack."

"AHA! I knew it! I knew no one would actually WANT to make a pact with me. Not like this is surprising or anything. Well, I don't know what you're planning on doing with my record, but... just don't sell it, understand?"

"C'mon, Levi, I'm not like Mammon. I would never sell something that belongs to someone else. I'll return it as soon as I'm finished with it, ok? If not then.... I give you permission to kill me"

"You'd better give it back when you're done, is that clear? If you touch it, make sure to wipe off any fingerprints. And no eating potato chips and stuff when you handle it. It's super, super rare, so you'd better not lose any of the inserts or the sleeve or anything!"

"you can trust me Levi, from one TSL fan to another"

Receiving the cursed vinyl edition of the tale of the seven lords soundtrack off Leviathan, Yuki then made her way towards Lucifer's room. Knocking on the door, she heard Lucifer's voice. "The door's open. Come in." pushing the door open she then saw Lucifer sitting at a desk, behind a pile of documents. Meekly speaking Yuki almost swallowed her words "umm, sorry to interrupt you, Lucifer"

"Ah, Yuki, it's you. Today really was quite the disaster, wasn't it?"

"...yeah"

"but despite all that happened. You should know that Levi's not normally like that. He may be a high-ranking demon, but he's quite harmless by nature. Try not to hold it against him."

"i won't.... besides we already made up." smiling a little Lucifer then pushed a pile of documents to the side of the desk and questioned.

"So, tell me, what brings you here at this hour?"

Pulling out the vinyl copy of the TSL soundtrack from behind her back she handed it to Lucifer. "i never got to properly thank you for saving me, besides Levi let me borrow it as an apology, but I thought...you'd like to listen to it first, since I did hear a rumour that you're also a TSL fan"

Looking at the vinyl record Lucifer became lost for words "Wh...! Is this what I think it is?!" regaining his composure he then continued "....ah, now I get it. So, this is why you wanted to make a pact with Levi"

Moving away from the desk, Yuki then gritted her teeth hoping for the worst but Lucifer just sat there and calmly spoke "Do you realize what it is you've got here, what this represents?"

"not really...it looks like any other record found in the human world"

"I don't imagine you would. This isn't any ordinary soundtrack, you see. There's quite a history to it. I don't have any particular interest in the tale of the seven lords as a story. No.... what interests me is the person who served as the first composer for the TSL movies. You see, the composer I speak of is dead now. He killed himself"

Looking shocked Yuki gasped "That's terrible."

"The final song he wrote before his death was meant to be used in the scene where the Lord of corruption puts a curse on the heroes. But due to the composer committing suicide, they decided not to use that track. They saved it, but didn't release it to the public. However, a group of diehard fans pooled their own funds and had a very limited number of vinyl editions produced. As you might have guessed by now, this record is one of the few that were created. However, all of the people involved in its creation, as well as every single person who owned a copy of it, ended up dying mysteriously. So, people started saying the record itself was cursed. I heard that all of these had been destroyed. But all this time, Levi has had a copy. I had no idea. All right, I'll go ahead and take this. We'll consider it payment for saving you earlier. Still, I really do appreciate you bringing this to me. I think I'll spend tonight savouring every last note of this music here...which means I probably won't be able to bring myself to leave my room tonight. You see, we demons can't resist temptation. When there's something we really want staring us in the face, we have to have it. That's simply how we are. Right now, what I want is to stay up all night listening to this record. I can't help it... I have to do it. But don't think that means you're free to climb the stairs to the attic, Yuki. That place is off-limits. Well then, good night"

Looking slightly concerned Yuki then gulped "please don't die when listening to the soundtrack. I don't want my gratitude to be the thing that ends you" smiling Lucifer then rose from his chair and placed the record on the turn table "have no fear Yuki, all the people who died were human. Driven mad by the symphony of the notes."

Walking to the door, she then slowly opened it "...well, I've got to go, Mammon and Beel can't be trusted in my room for too long, good night, Lucifer"

Standing at the foot of the staircase, Yuki could hear Lucifer's word echo in the back of her mind 'Right now, what I want is to stay up all night listening to this record. I can't help it... I have to do it. But don't think that means you're free to climb the stairs to the attic, Yuki. That place is off-limits.' looking upwards, she felt a strong presence calling her to the attic. Taking in a deep breath and exhaling her worries, she took that first step up the staircase.