I'm The Son Of Lucifer 05

Yumiko Miura was unsure of a lot of things right now. She was unsure whether she would live to see tomorrow, she was unsure whether the supernatural existed, she was unsure about where the hell she was being confined in.

But she was sure of one thing, that she hated Fuyuki Fujiwara. "Fuck that asshole!" He had just left, after mocking them and taking their only source of water.

And also breaking her precious and expensive cellphone. What the hell was she supposed to do to spend time now!?

Yukino trembled. "Y-you... you shouldn't say that..."

Yumiko immediately glared at her. "Hah...? Why the hell not!?" There was no way she was taking his side on this, right!?

Yukino flinched, as if she was being scared of being hit. "B-because he has some method of watching us. If you keep insulting him for no reason, he might come back." And then she would get hurt. For Yumiko's mistake. Again.

The blonde clicked her tongue. "You're right. Gotta check this place out and find any hidden cameras." It would be hard with no source of light, but at this point her eyes had more or less adapted to the darkness.

Yukino shook her head. "It's no use. I already searched everywhere and didn't find anything. He's... watching us through some other way." Probably with some supernatural power of his.

Yumiko rolled her eyes. "You just didn't look hard enough." It's not that she didn't consider what Yukino had said as a possibility, she had seen his powers first hand, but she needed to stay positive here.

If they both assumed Fuyuki Fujiwara was some omnipotent god, then they would never escape.

Yukino, who has already on the ground hugging herself, simply tightened the hold. "Just... just don't cause me any troubles." She was so damn tired. Why did Fuyuki throw such a noisy woman here with her? She already couldn't sleep...

Normally Yumiko didn't swear. She had a image to uphold in front of her peers, and pretty girls weren't supposed to be uncouth. However, she had many exceptions with the purpose of expressing her hate for Fuyuki Fujiwara.

And now she wanted to do that towards her fellow victim. "You're such a pussy, Yukinoshita! Get a grip!" She only had been here for a little bit more time than the blonde. Why the hell was she acting like she had lived here for years!?

Yukinoshita glared right back at her. "And you're a witless chimp who still doesn't understand our situation. Actually, I shouldn't insult my cousins, even they are smarter than you." She decided it, she hated Yumiko Miura.

She used to not have anything against the girl, just thinking of her as being overly loud, and a bit of a fool for falling so hard for Hayama Hayato, but clearly she was much worse than just your average vapid school girl.

Yumiko scoffed. "Of course you would insult me by calling me a witless chimp of all things... Fucking pretentious skank, feel free to wag your bitchy tail to that cock slurping virgin all you like, but I'm different." She chuckled. "Not that I'm surprised at your lack of taste, considering you clearly like Hikio of all people."

If water wasn't a precious resource, Yukino would have spat on her. "Hikigaya is a far better man than Hayato will ever be, and I'm not praising Hikigaya." She looked away. "Just... leave me alone. I'm tired." Her expression was one of defeat.

Yumiko huffed. "Whatever." She wasn't gonna blame Yukino for feeling like shit, but she didn't want to get dragged into her mess either.

The truth is that Yumiko Miura was like a proud lioness. She cared deeply for her pack... and not much else. In fact she was downright awful to those she didn't care about sometimes. It also didn't help that she particularly distrusted Yukino Yukinoshita.

Because Hayama was always looking at her when the opportunity presented itself, because many people thought they were dating. Because Yukino was a flawless beauty without even trying, while Yumiko had to spend hours and hours taking care of her appearance. Because Yukino came from old money, while Yumiko simply came from well enough parents.

She had nothing to truly complain about, it was true envy. Nonetheless, Yukino was not part of her pack, so she didn't feel any guilt.

Yumiko walked away from her rival, she would start on the bathroom. "She's gonna be thanking me when I get out of here anyways." It's not like she was going to abandon the weak willed girl.

She would find Fuyuki's weakness, and abuse it so that both could escape. Because Yumiko Miura was an unbreakable lioness!

Who really wished she could be at home texting her crush right now.



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"Young master, should I have marked that girl? My apologies if that was the case."

Fuyuki waved him off. "Nah, I'm not particularly interested in her." Yumiko and Yukino were both beautiful trophies, but Iroha was... just a girl he kind of knew. She was cute, sure, but nothing super special.

"Oh? Really? And here I thought you would be taking the path of Greed after you captured two girls in quick succession." In the end his young master really seemed to lean into Pride. Just like his father.

Fuyuki shrugged. "Eh. I'm definitely greedy, but I have taste." Not that he would mind having Iroha as a girlfriend, but right now the risk outweighed the reward. "That said, I'm definitely gonna accept her offer. It's a useful cover."

Iroha had given him her number, and invited both him and Hachiman to hang out on Saturday. It sounded fun. Most importantly however, it would make him seem less like a creepy loner who would shoot-up a school.

Loners with no friends kidnapped women. Friendly guys with social circles didn't. At least normally of course.

The eye nodded. "Very well, then I shall follow you and protect you through it." He smiled. "It would be a shame if your first date was interrupted by some cocky supernatural creature."

Fuyuki snorted. "Unless Iroha is very freaky, and also very into weirdos, this isn't a date." He rolled his eyes. "Knowing her though, she might make jokes about it." She had always been kind of a tease... to annoying extents even.

Still, now that Satan had put the idea on his head, he would keep an eye for any signs of affection. Having a girlfriend would be even more useful than simply having friends when it came to a cover story.

Fuyuki made a thinking pose. "By the way, speaking of Greed... Shouldn't I have powers by now? I have kidnapped two girls." The whole school was depressed about it.

"You certainly are slowly developing them... but the first power is always the slowest. It's also shifting your body into a demon's body after all." Ah. "The second power will be easier to obtain than the first, and then the third power will be harder than the first. By that point the difficulty just continuously increases." That is why even Satan didn't have thousands of different abilities.

"However... you should be feeling some effects of your transformation by now. To be more specific, you are becoming supernaturally powerful and charismatic." Though for now his human body was still holding that back for a decent amount.

Fuyuki tilted his head. "The powerful part is easy to understand..." He would have to hold back when it was time for PE classes. "But I still don't really get this charisma. How exactly does it work? Is it like... mind control?" That would be lame.

Thankfully Satan quickly eased his worries. "No. It's more like... becoming a more attractive human being. However, your appearance itself does not change... it's an aura about you. But in essence, do not think you can do something ridiculous with it. If a pretty guy wouldn't be able to get away with it, neither can you."

"More importantly however, there are two different types of charisma... Angelic and Demonic. One you inherited from your father and shall be totally unlocked once you evolve into a human, but the other one needs to be built overtime." As of right now both of his charismas were more or less equal.

Once he became a demon and his angel side was freed as a consequence, his angelic charisma would skyrocket, essentially.

But there was something strange about this. "Hey Satan, my father totally became a demon, right? Why didn't I inherit his demon charisma too?"

The demon grinned. "Because you were lucky. A parent can only pass one essence to his child... you lucked into being the angel one." Which was far harder to obtain considering the path the boy was taking.

"Oh, and don't worry about your future children. Once you leave behind your human flesh, you shall completely lose that essence." So his children would not inherit it.

Fuyuki sighed. "I don't know how to feel about that..." Being human really was just a weakness, huh? "By the way, what are the differences between charisma? Are they the same?"

Satan quickly began explaining. "They are not the same. Angelic Charisma better affects those filled with sin, for it is a duty of an angel to love all, and redeem all. It also becomes much stronger when the user is trying to be inspiring and friendly."

"Meanwhile, Demonic Charisma better affects those filled with virtue, for it is the duty of a demon to corrupt all, and destroy all. It also becomes much stronger when use with the intent of intimidation." In essence, the two charismas were opposites of each other.

Fuyuki hummed. "So Angelic Charisma is better for dealing with nutjobs huh?" That was probably part of the reason why his father managed to rule Hell for so long. Of course, it also meant a redeemed Demon would be an effective ruler of Heaven. How funny.

Wait a second. "Wait, doesn't that mean I will become crazy catnip once I become an Angel?" He would suddenly have access to what his father had given him after all.

"Yes. Remember that you can always say no."



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Hikigaya Hachiman had spent countless hours contemplating whether he should accept his Kouhai's invitation to hang out or not.

At first it was a resounding no. He felt like shit after all, far more than usual. Yukinoshita was in god knows where, probably terrified out of her mind. He shouldn't try to have fun with that fact on his mind.

But... in the end he just couldn't reject it. Because rejecting it meant being alone with his thoughts, and being alone with his thoughts meant despairing over his missing friend. So for once, Hikigaya Hachiman did not want to monologue all day.

"Yo, Isshiki." Which is why he was now here.

Iroha looked him up and down. "Oh? You didn't actually came dressed in your school uniform like I expected." Even he wasn't that socially clueless! "Anyways, thank you for coming Hikigaya-Senpai. This would totally be super awkward if you didn't."

Hoh? Was this fox embarrassed about reuniting with her big brother? That was almost cute. This was Iroha however, so he wouldn't so easily be misled. She was probably planning on using poor Fujiwara as a stepping stone or something.

He waved her off. "No worries. Where is Fujiwara though?" Shouldn't a guy arrive before a girl? Especially when girls had been kidnapped recently?

Well, Hachiman supposed he didn't have the room to talk, but in his defense... getting up had been difficult. More than usual.

Iroha cleared her throat. "I lied to him about the time. He's gonna show up in a few minutes." And she was already manipulating things. As expected of her. "I need to have a talk with you after all."

He flinched. "If it's about Yukinoshita, then I don't want to hear it." He already had enough of people comforting him.

Yui. Sensei. Fuyuki. Komachi. Even his own parents... They all had comforted him. He was sick of it by this point.

For a second Iroha hesitated... but then she waved him off. "It's not about that. I just want you to know that if things start getting... romantic, you should piss off and leave. No offense." Ah.

His eye twitched. "Oi, did you ask me here to be an awkward third wheel?" Jokes on her, considering she was the only non-loner here, she would be that legendary wheel that nobody needed.

Iroha bowed. "Sorry! It's just that... directly inviting Big Brother would be super weird right? So I needed you as an intermediary. So please be a reliable senpai like you always are." This is why he just couldn't stand high school girls.

Hachiman sighed. "I... Is this a date then? Between you and Fujiwara?" He wouldn't leave. As dumb as that was. Because... because he liked being the reliable senpai.

It was something Yukinoshita instilled into him.

A sly grin appeared on her face. "If it goes well yes, if we have no chemistry, then no. It's part of why you had to come, ya know?" She really was completely shameless.

"So... does this mean you're giving up on Hayato?" Was the power of a childhood friend really this strong!? But anime had taught him that they tended to horribly lose the harem bowl!

She immediately scoffed. "Of course not, I'm just keeping my options open." Wow, how scummy. "If Hayato-Senpai suddenly came here, and sweeped me off my feet I would totally accept it. Even if I was dating Big Brother." Really scummy!

Maybe he should warn poor Fujiwara about her. "I'm surprised he's even an option. Fujiwara is a loner like me you know? Except he also rarely shows up to school." He also had the bravery to nap in the middle of class sometimes.

Even when Sensei was watching. Especially when she was watching.

Iroha grinned. "Oh? Are you raising your value by saying you're better than Big Brother?" Oh. Here it comes. "Sorry Senpai, but I'm not into fishes, so I'll pass!" So it was about looks? Fujiwara wasn't that handsome though.

Yeah, this was definitely the power of being a childhood friend. If Hachiman ever reincarnated, he would be smarter than he was in this life, and accumulate tons of those... Not that he wanted a bunch of Irohas following him around. That would be more terrifying than being the protagonist in a subversive edgy isekai.

As usual, he ignored her teasing, so she elaborated. "It's just a case where when you are a loner, you are being creepy and a weird. But when Big Brother is being a loner, he is being aloof, mysterious and cool." Ah.

The Sasuke effect.

Speaking of loners, the guest of honor arrived. "Hey everyone! Sorry that I'm the last one to arrive." Even though he was apologizing, there was a confident smirk on his face.

He also... well... it was hard to Hachiman to admit it, but... he looked more handsome for some reason. As if he had jumped from a 6.5/10 or a 7/10, to a 8/10. Not nearly as handsome as Hayato, but still handsome. Weird.

Iroha waved him off. "It's fine Big Brother! We didn't wait for long!" Hachiman didn't wait for long. He had no idea how much time Iroha had wasted here.

Fuyuki quickly moved. "Great. By the way, you're looking good Iroha! Really dazzled me there for a moment!" How did a supposed loner deliver such a line without even stuttering!? Was he secretly a psychopath!?

Iroha actually blushed. Hachiman did not have enough wisdom point to tell if it was real or not. "I'm glad you think so..." But now there was an weird aura around them. The aura of flirting.

Which Fuyuki quickly broke through with a joke. "By the way, you're looking good too Hikigaya. Charmed me even more than Iroha." Oi. Oi. Oi. Why was his heart now beating faster!?

His heart belong to another man, thank you very much!

Wait, it didn't belong to any man!

Iroha chuckle. "C'mon Big Brother, if I lose to Hikigaya-Senpai, I will cry." She would deserve it.

Wait a minute... Fujiwara had not even hesited to call her by her first name. Sure he had that childhood friend bonus, but still... Where did all of this confidence coming from!?

Fuyuki chuckled a bit too. "Ah, sorry. I will keep your fragile heart in mind from now on. Anyways, you guys have no plans right? Then let's go to an Arcade near here." And now he was casually leading them around...

Actually... now that Hachiman looked closer, he finally noticed something... The reason why Fujiwara looked more handsome than usual, was because he was wearing make-up. What the fuck was he!? A super star!?

And the make-up looked super good too! Actually professional! Did his mom do it for him!? Did he pay someone to do it!? What was his power level!? Did he still have a secret trump card in his sleeves.

He had. "Ah, by the way, if money is tight right now, no worries. I'll pay for everything." A scary promise.

But one that got Iroha excited. "Really? That's so nice..." For a fox like her, money was food.

Seriously though, had Hayato stolen his fellow loner's body!? Identify theft was a serious crime!



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Hikigaya Hachiman was forced into admitting defeat. He had been wooed. His heart had gone doki-doki. He had lost his innocence and now Fujiwara had to take responsibility.

And he wasn't even the main target, as Iroha always reminded him by sending subtle glares his way. Her message was clear, things have gotten romantic, so please just leave already, third wheel-senpai.

But... he didn't want to give up so easily...!

Actually, he just wanted to keep getting free stuff. Fuyuki really had paid for everything as if it was no problem, from their food, to the coins for the machines.

Scary. And what was even more scary was how as soon as Iroha showed curiosity for anything, he immediately took her there so they could have fun. An arcade was typically not the place of a popular girl, but Fuyuki was masterfully handling its abilities nonetheless.

What if he had taken her to a karaoke...? Would Iroha had left the place married and with a child?

And now the date was essentially over... Fuyuki had even given her a damned stuffed bear he won in a machine. "Heh, I had tons of fun today Big Brother, thanks." Um.

Hikigaya suddenly realized something. The mood was good. Love was in the air. Wasn't this the time where a guy confessed? Or a girl? Well, he supposed with him hanging around and being a third weel that was impo—."

"I had tons of fun too, Iroha. We should do it at another time." Ah, when he suddenly spoke-up, Hikigaya thought the universe was about to prove him wrong, but nope. Fujiwara was taking the cautious approach.

Iroha quickly nodded. "Yeah, totally! I will definitely call you, Big Brother!" Ah, for a girl to say she would be the one to contact him... Hikigaya needed to hide. This popular guy was like the sun, and his loner self couldn't stand it.

He chuckled. "Awesome. By the way Iroha, I really do think you're dazzling." Oh? "Don't tell this to anybody, but I was actually lying about Hikigaya looking better." His heart would shatter. "So, wanna go out with me?" He went for it.

Iroha's face was replaced by a tomato. "I... Yes. Super yes!" And it worked!?

Hikigaya needed to go home. He felt faint.



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AN: This has now escaped the snippets thread. Yay...?