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Demon AU where Dazai is a demon and Chuuya is a magic user.
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Chuuya knew summoning demons was against the laws. Depending on the level of the demon it normally resulted in jail time but could also mean the death penalty. After all they were demons. You know, evil incarnate. Soul eating monsters. All that jazz.
But it's not like Chuuya had much other choice. He had ran away from the Port Mafia after all, the largest and scariest magic user guild there was. But he didn't want to use Corruption- he knew if he tried he would just end up dead. And if he stayed they would have forced him. But now... But now, they were going to hunt him down.
Chuuya wasn't strong enough to fight them off. But with a demon at his side...
Even as Chuuya drew the pentagram on the ground, a huge red star in chalk surrounded by a circle, he wondered if he was doing the right thing. Well, of course he wasn't. He was doing the selfish, disgusting thing- not the right thing.
That didn't stop him from lighting the four candles at North, East, South, and West.
It didn't stop him from pulling the big dusty book into his lap as he dripped blood from his hand onto the circle, chanting out the words inscribed on the pages.
"Ego ad lacum in tenebris est, et in me non viventia. Volo trade. Mihi protectionem guidence et tu me rursus fide perenni cremer igne. Monstravero tibi-"
Just as Chuuya was about the finish, everything started shaking. The book flew out of his hands smearing the circle, and the candles flickered out. Chuuya cursed- he hadn't been able to finish the chant! The ground shook harder, fear growing inside of Chuuya. Earthquake. And with all the bookshelves around him and the limited amount of objects to hide under, Chuuya was slightly worried it wouldn't work out well. Sure he had magic, but magic vs earth's natural disasters had always turned out badly.
A bookshelf behind Chuuya started to tip over, towards him, ready to crush him underneath- a fact that Chuuya didn't notice. Just as he saw it, out of the corner of his eye, something grabbed onto him. Their surroundings blurred and Chuuya was in the cellar, where he would be safe.
He was also.... being held bridal style by a male with brown hair and blood red eyes. Freaking out Chuuya struggled, but the stranger didn't let go. Using his personal ability (every magic user had one) he tried to make his body weight heavier, but it.. didn't work? "What did you do to my power?!" Chuuya demanded. "Who are you!? Put me down! I'll kill you!"
To his surprise the stranger did put him down- by dropping him. Chuuya lunged at him the second he was on his feet, but the stranger calmly grabbed Chuuya's fist before it hit him. "Your power is nullified as long as we maintain skin on skin contact," stranger replied cheerfully. "And no, you won't kill me- demons are hard to kill."
Chuuya jerked back as if he had been burnt, eyes widening. "Demon- bu- I didn't finish the summons- that's not- are you someone else-?"
"Nope!" The demon interrupted him, looking him over from head to toe causing Chuuya to for some reason blush. "I couldn't mistake you, you're so cute after all! Cute, short, and angry!" Chuuya eyes widened, and he almost attacked the demon again- almost. Instead he settled for an extremely angry glare of death. "And well, you didn't get a chance to name me- after all, you were interrupted."
"I didn't finish the summons!" Chuuya repeated, ignoring the demon trying to clue him in on naming him. "This isn't possible!"
"Of course it's possible!" The demon rolled his eyes, laughing slightly at Chuuya. "I was listening and when you never finished, I got curious. You only had to finish saying the name, the summon was already in place, so I figured why not just accept the bond and deal with that part later?"
Chuuya paused, considering the demons words. He could see where it had sense.. Finally he sighed, nodding slowly. "Fine.." he muttered. "Do I have to repeat the whole summons or..?" the demon shook his head no, snapping his fingers in a way of saying 'hurry it up.' "Fine." Chuuya looked away, and then slowly looked back. "I name you Dazai."
"Well then.." Dropping to one knee the demon- Dazai -grabbed onto Chuuya's hand, pulling it close and planting a kiss onto it. "I'm Dazai, and it's a pleasure~"
Chuuya quickly jerked his hand back, cheeks even redder then before. "W-what are you doing!?" he demanded sharply, spluttering.
Dazai straightened back onto his feet, dusting off his clothes for a moment before winking at Chuuya. "Flirting!"
Of course, out of all the demons Chuuya could have been stuck with it had to be with this idiot...
Prompt (auideas): Character A is a magic user who is trying to summon Character B, a low-level demon. Suddenly, in the middle of the summoning, Character A is shook by an earthquake and is almost crushed by one of their falling bookshelves, but Character B appears just at the right time, pulling Character A out of the way, and saving their life.
I'm really happy with this.... I may come back to this after NoNaWriMo is over~