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the black-haired boy’s hip. If you’re going to wear a sword, you better know how to use it.
    There was power inside of the woman as well. Element powers like Aya. I could smell the blue magic inside of her. Water base magic always smelled like the ocean. That was the scent that came from her.
    “What’s up?” Shu asked and I shook my head turning away from the group. I didn’t know what to make of them. The best thing to do was to ignore them for now. If they didn’t get in our way, then it didn’t matter. Maybe if they were Demon Hunters having them in the club with us would improve our chances making it out alive.
    “It’s nothing,” I told him. I could feel a nervous energy around Shu. This was his big moment. This was the closest that we’ve ever gotten to Kenji. “Don’t forget your earplugs.” I didn’t want Shu to fall under any spell Maya was going to cast over the people inside.
    “Don’t forget yours either.” I didn’t need them. I outclassed Maya. I would still make a show of putting my earplugs in so Aya and Dante couldn’t question it. I watched as Shu's eyes shifted around the crowd falling on the strange trio. I noticed a lot of people were looking at them. They had this pull about them. I was surprised that alone didn’t win them a ticket inside of the club.
    “Are you ready for this?” Shu asked me and I shook my head.
    “We’re about to take on three demons. Two of which are S class. Sure, what’s not to be ready for.” Could he hear the sarcasm in my voice?
    “I wish we knew what they were planning.” That would have been a lot of help. If we knew what they were planning then, we could come up with a plan as well.
    “To do evil things,” I offered. Shu gave me a look that said I was stupid. Of course, they were going to do evil things. They were demons after all. “No matter what they are planning we have to be smart about this, Shu. We can’t let our emotions blind us.” He couldn’t see Kenji and attack without thought.
    “I know,” Shu said as the last set that was in front of us past into the club. Our turn was next. My eyes shifted to the odd group again. The woman was still talking to the bouncer. The two boys were looking at the crowd of people waiting in line. Once again, my eyes locked with blue ones.
    “Zero, come on,” Aya called me as she walked into the club after flashing a fake ID for the two of us. She grabbed my hand pulling me behind her as I kept looking at the pure boy. Who was he? What was he to be so . . . perfect?
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    SIX
     
    Like a beacon in my moments of clarity, I returned to the city I was born in, the city I died in. It had been twenty years since my brother shunned me and ran away. Twenty years since the night, I lost my family, since I lost myself. This was the first time the hunger didn’t nag at me. It was the first time the fog that normally kept me in a drunken haze cleared away.
    Twenty years and the humans finally accepted that they were no longer alone in this world. That demons walked among them. They chased them around; they made them their meals. For the first time in who knows how long humans weren’t at the top of the food chain.
    I didn’t need to think to know where my feet was taking me. It was the only place in this city worth going. The home that I was raised in. The house that I died in. Now my brother lived here. His wife and two daughters lived here.
    Standing outside of their window I could see them holding hands as they bowed their heads over their dinner. Lots of people turned to God when they learned demons walked the Earth. The end of days were here they said. I can’t remember ever praying before a meal with my family. My brother had faith now. Seeing the dead rise can do that to a man.
    “How sad, I missed one.” A voice that was burned into my mind spoke. It was a voice that I haven’t heard in twenty years. Whipping around the breath left my lungs as I came face to