I forget how to write. Oh well. Whatever. (This is probably the best chapter I've done so far in terms of writing. kek)

Thanks all for the support! I really enjoy writing this fic and I'm glad you all enjoy reading it! Happy Halloween and remember! If anyone offers you a summoning book to summon a Devil Nico of your own, definitely take it. Just be sure to put a password on your computer and phone. Or just give me the book.

More stuff happens; Maki needs to control her gay and Nico is actually (lol) pretty badass.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the story.

"Nyahmaki-chan! Wut happened? R u not coming 2 class 2day?!"

"Yeah, something came up."

"Ok then? Hey want me 2 take notes 4 u? :3c"

"You…take notes?"

"*kayochin take notes 4 u? :3"

"Lol, thanks anyways. I'll treat you and Hanayo to some ramen next time. I'll ttyl."

With that last message sent, Maki pockets her phone and continue on with her stroll down the road. After that last fiasco and the slight nagging feeling at the back of Maki's brain—she couldn't focus on her classes, there was no way she could focus memorizing all medical terminology at the moment.

It was a hard fact to accept, but Maki knew she was in some deep shit. She just didn't know exactly how deep. So with that, here she was—panting as she climbed those never-ending stairs to reach her goal. It wasn't like she truly did believe in devils, demons, angels, the Easter Bunny. But facts were facts that she had a little magical devil spawn living in her apartment, some sort of horrible forewarning, and a weird tattoo on the back of her hand.

Her parents would kill her if they saw that.

Maki took a deep breath and with one last push—she finally made it to her destination. A shrine.

"Here I am; under contract with a devil, praying to the gods for help…" Maki sighs as she made it to the offering box. She toss a coin in and clapped, silently praying.

'Someone please freakin help me.'

She continues to pray as if waiting for something to happen as she was praying. Maki pause and blink, glancing at her palms. The tattoo felt hot on her skin—constantly reminding her of the contract and that devil. It's not like the devil was that bad, she seemed to have calm down a lot more recently and wasn't totally wrecking Maki's life...

Except for the fact that Maki may possibly be pulled into this supernatural dangerous stuff that will endanger her life, of course.

She rub at her hand a little, hoping to ease the burning or maybe rub it off.

Nothing. Neither options happening.

Maki sighs, "What was I thinking? As if praying to god is going to help me."

A shrine maiden who was sweeping nearby glances over at Maki; green eyes shimmering and lips twitching upwards into a playful smile. "Is something troubling you, miss?" She asks as she walks closer to the red-head.

The girl in question look over at the shrine maiden and furrow her eyebrows. There was something about this shrine maiden that seemed...familiar to Maki. "You…uhm…have…have we met?" Maki blink trying to recall where she has possibly seen this girl. Maki would have honestly remembered someone with sparkling green eyes, long purple hair tied in low twintails, big breas-Maki averted her eyes back up to the shrine maiden's face—her own face turning a tint of red.

The shrine maiden only giggled, Maki was not sure if it was from noticing her staring or the question that was asked. "I'm not sure, I would remember a beauty like you~" She say with a wink and Maki felt her face grow even hotter.

Was…was the shrine maiden flirting with her? Can shrine maidens do that? Aren't they supposed to be pure or something? Why is this even affecting her so much?

"Um…" Maki opted to keep silent as the shrine maiden continued to giggle.

"I'm sorry about that. I didn't mean to tease you." She smile brightly, tapping the broom lightly on the ground. "You looked a little troubled, perhaps I can help you?"

Maki twirls a finger in her hair , still blushing. "It's uh…well…I'm not sure how much help you'll be…" She wasn't too sure where to start. Maki didn't even know why she felt as if it was safe to tell the shrine maiden. "I…I don't even know your name…"

Smooth, Maki. Are you really trying to pick up a shrine maiden? The gods (if they actually exists) are watching you.

The shrine maiden only blink at Maki and smile. "Okay then. I'm Nozomi. Toujou Nozomi." She held out her hand to Maki, "And you are?"

Maki took the hand and shook it. "Nishikino Maki."

"Alright, Maki-chan~!" Maki blinks at how informal the shrine maiden Nozomi was. "Special Shrine Maiden Toujou Nozomi is going to inject you with spiritual power! Pew pew!" Nozomi exclaims and she poses with the broom, pointing the tip at Maki while making childish laser effects sounds.

"…" Maki stares at Nozomi with one eyebrow arched up, her mouth slightly open yet no sounds came out.

"…C'mon…give me some sort of reaction."

"…W-what the…heck? I-I don't get you." Maki double over and laughs.

Nozomi only stood straight with the broom by her side. "First thing about bringing someone up from the slump is a good laugh." She grins widely. Maki continued laughing for a moment before finally taking a deep breath—standing up straight again, a small smile still on her face."Okay, that was stupid…but I guess it did help my mood a little…" Although Maki already knew that no amount of laughing would help her in the situation she was in.

"Now onto the evil spirit that's haunting you!"

Wait? What? What did she just say?

"What?" Maki blinked, staring at Nozomi with wide eyes. "W-what?" She repeats once again.

Nozomi took a hold of Maki's hand and touched the back of her palm where the tattoo was. Maki shivers as she felt cold fingers grazing the hot skin etched with the black markings. "It's very powerful dark magic. I can feel it." Nozomi murmurs as she continue to graze her fingers, tracing the patterns.

"You're bonded by a very powerful magical being. A dark spirit?" Her eyebrows furrow, her voice drops. "A resident from the underworld…a devil?"

Maki snatches her hand away from Nozomi, the tattoo felt like it was on fire. "How did you…" Her voice felt dry, she wasn't sure what was happening.

Nozomi only smiled. "I can help you. If you let me." Those green eyes. They were bright. Maki felt drawn to them, it felt familiar indeed. But a different sort of familiarity. Those green eyes reminded her of those red eyes in a way.

Maki snaps her head and blinks, realizing she just been oogling Nozomi once again and blushes. "T-thanks…but why are you helping me?"

"That's a silly question. You prayed to the gods for help and here I am."

Maki idly wondered if Nozomi was perhaps an angel. Since devils did apparently exists, angels would exist too, right? The shrine maiden hummed in thought for a bit, tapping her chin with the finger. "I need you to trust me. Close your eyes."

"I…o-okay?" Maki took a deep breath and closes her eyes. She feels Nozomi shifting closer and grabbing her hand. Once again cold fingers grazed on the tattoo and Maki wondered why she needed to close her eyes for that. She feels Nozomi raising her hand a little and something soft touching the back of her palm. Something soft…and wet…?

"WHAT THE HELL?!" Maki jerks her hand away, blushing furiously. Nozomi only blinking innocently. "Did you just licked my hand?!"

"Of course. It was a special charm to keep you safe."

"You licked my hand."

"Yes…that's how the charm works."

"Your saliva is on my hand."

"Um…Nishikino-san…?" Nozomi says nervously, in a more polite formal tone.

"That's disgusting." Maki made a face and wipe her hand furiously on her pants.

Nozomi tilts her head a little at the action with a perplexed expression. "Is…Is Maki-chan a germ freak?"

"Look, okay. Let's move on. So I have this supposed charm from you now? What's it supposed to do?"

"It'll protect you. But fir-" "Your spit is going to magically protect me?" Maki scoffs, interrupting Nozomi. Nozomi deadpans at the interruption. "Do you want divine protection or not?"

"Sorry, go on."

"You need the medium that was used for the supernatural being."

Maki sighs as she rubs her forehead, "You're talking about the book. Which I do not have..."

"Well, that's no good. For now my charm should keep you protected from the devil, but you should be wary and try to find that book soon enough."

"Shrine maiden's spit is going to keep the devil off my back, okay then." Maki wasn't even sure why she was just going along with it. It may had to do with the fact that the tattoo was already cooling off, and the small stinging pain was easing away. But it was still ridiculous nevertheless. Her eyes glances back over to the mysterious girl. "Just...who...who are you?"

The girl in reply just gives a strange smile, "I'm just a simple shrine maiden. I wish you luck."

Maki blinks as Nozomi walks away without another word, leaving the red-head alone at the shrine. "H-hey, wait!" She calls out, but either Nozomi didn't hear her—or she purposely ignored her and she disappears into the small shed near the shrine. A hand rises up and twirls a lock of red hair as Maki mulled over what just happened, 'What the heck is up with that girl?' That thought kept crossing Maki's mind as she looks at her right hand, the tattoo no longer aching or throbbing.

'Who...is she?'

Maki sighs and run a hand through her hair. There was no point in thinking about this here. It was already getting dark so she might as well head home. Another day wasted with nothing to gain...

Taking a step back, Maki gave the shrine one last look and walked off—heading back to her apartment. She took out her phone while she crosses a familiar sidewalk; filtering through some of her emails and uninstalling the apps that were unnecessarily downloaded onto her phone. "That idiot. I'm going to put a passcode on my phone." Maki grumbles to herself as she deletes the last of the app.

She turns into an alleyway, knowing it was a quick shortcut to her apartment. The alleyway was pretty dark, but after that her apartment building was only a few minutes away. Maki cautiously walk down the alleyway, jumping slightly when she sees a cat jumps by. The cat blinks at Maki with bright yellow eyes and mews at her before scampering off.

Maki blinks as the cat sort of reminds her of a certain cat living at her place. "A cat and a brat all in one. I really lucked out." She murmurs to herself idly.

Maki feels her heart skips as she hears footsteps behind her—about the same pace as hers, her purple eyes glances sideways without moving her head and she can make out a strange man in a trench coat behind her.

Suddenly the words her professor said the other day ran through her mind. "There has been some mugging as of lately."

"Oh come on..." Maki murmurs, beads of sweat dripping from her forehead. Her legs moves a little faster—the footsteps behind her also picking up in pace like hers.

Just a little more and Maki would make it out in the alleyway and into the open where she could probably call for help. The footsteps are coming closer, he was catching up. Maki gulps as she clenches the phone in her fist, the police number already dialed in and ready to call at a press of a button.

Something in Maki froze though, her heart felt cold, her skin felt clammy. It was like she was being pulled into a dark abyss. She was just right outside of the alleyway too. Her head slowly turns to look at the man—a lingering shadow, almost demonic-like clinging to the man's body. Before Maki could open her mouth to let out a scream, a hand shot out and grabs Maki's wrist pulling her out of the alleyway and into something soft...or someone soft.

"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to leave before I call the police." A cold cool voice spoke and Maki looks up at her savior seeing familiar blonde hair and blue eyes. She blinks again as she looks over at the man, the shadow she saw earlier was gone. Was it her imagination?

The man only growled in response before walking off—spitting on the ground and cursing at the girl that got in his way. As soon as the man was gone from sight, Maki's savior releases her and sighs. "You really should be careful. Haven't you heard about the mugging that been going on?" The blonde asks as Maki rubs her shoulder, blushing a bit at being saved by this beautiful familiar stranger.

"Yeah, that was my fault. I didn't really think it was that serious..." Maki avoided those blue eyes that seemed to peer right into her soul. "I...uh, thanks for helping me out." She twirls a lock of hair in her fingers.

"It's no problem. Anyways, I should hurry now." The blonde turns around and starts to walk off. Maki wondered if she should have gotten the blonde's name. She was the same girl that Maki recalled from a few days ago. But she was a lot more...playful then. Not so cold and serious.

"Wait!" Maki calls out, surprising herself. The blonde stops, her back still turned to Maki. "W-what's your name?" She wanted to kick herself for sounding so blunt. Just asking a stranger for their name.

"Hm...okay then!" The girl spoke up causing Maki to snap her head up in attention. "I'm sure we're going to meet again. So let me introduce myself, I'm Ayase Eli." Eli turns her head towards Maki and gives her a grin. A familiar playful grin.

"Uh...oh. I'm...Nishikino Maki..." Maki gulps as she sees those intense blue eyes peering into her.

Eli chuckles as she walks off again, her stride strong and confident like herself. "Alright, Nishikino-san. I'll be seeing you around. Be sure to stay out of trouble." She winks at Maki before turning a corner, leaving Maki alone.

Maki blinks as she tries to understand what just happened. "Okay, so I just got hit on and licked by a shrine maiden. Stalked in the alleyway. And then saved by a foreigner. All in one day." What was with all these women coming by and leaving Maki with even more questions than she started out with.

She sighs as she continues on her way to her apartment, this time being a bit more alert as to not have a repeat of what happened earlier.

When she finally reaches the apartment, she unlock the front door and peer inside to see if anything was caught on fire. Everything looked good so far, she wonder what did the devil do besides play games and stalk Maki. The red-head walk into the living room to see the devil playing an old RPG on her old system.

Her team was currently at the last boss of the game.

"You've made it this far, humans! But now you shall taste despair as I crush you all and drag your souls to hell!" Nico angrily mock along to the boss's lines as she mashes the buttons to make the cut scene go by faster. "Stupid unnecessarily hard boss with it's three forms." She grumbles as she starts the battle.

Maki rolls her eyes as she takes off her jacket, going over to the kitchen and grabbing herself a tomato. She takes that first bite of the plump juicy tomato and sighs in bliss.

"Are you fuckin kidding me?!" Nico's voice screeches and the small devil throw the controller on the ground, fuming at losing once again to the last boss. "This stupid human game! The devil boss looks like shit anyways! What's with that BS curse shit he keeps spamming?!"

Maki rolls her eyes at the little demon's tantrum. "Did you get the Holy Amulet?"

"The wha-?" Nico pauses from her rant with a raised eyebrow as she stares at her human contractor.

"Holy Amulet. It's one of the items you find that nullifies the Devil's dark magic. If you equip that his dark curse doesn't instantly KO your team." Maki explains as she continus eating the tomato.

Nico didn't reply at all. Her attention seem to be elsewhere for a moment. Suddenly Maki felt a shiver go down her spine—a strange cold sinking feeling in her chest, she looks up and gulps as she sees Nico's eyes that seemed to glow brightly and almost angrily.

The red-eyed demon disappear from her spot on the couch before reappearing in front of Maki, causing her to yelp in surprise and drop her tomato. "W-what the hec-" Maki raises her hand, preparing to transform Nico, but was stopped. Nico grip onto Maki's wrist before bringing it close to her face until she could see the tattoo. Her eyes seems to blaze up and Maki felt the tattoo on her hand burn painfully once again. "O-owch...what are you doing?!" Maki gasps as she watches Nico looks at her with such intensity in her eyes. She brings Maki's hand closer to her face and presses her lips against the tattoo, causing Maki to hiss in pain.

"W-what are you-let go!" Maki quickly pull her hand away from the small demon. Nico quickly step back, the same intense look in her eyes as she continue to glare almost angrily at Maki. "I'm stepping out for a bit." Nico says simply and Maki blinks at her strange behavior.

"What?" Maki opens her mouth and closes it as she watches the small devil open the window, not too sure what just happened.

Without any hesitation, Nico jumps out. Maki quickly rushing towards the window and looking out, seeing the demon floating in the air. The small raven-haired devil looks back with a smirk. "Don't worry. I'm not going to do anything bad. I just need to check on something." With that Nico seemingly disappears in a gust of wind.

Maki falls on her knees and gulps. "What just...happened? I really don't get her..." She hope the devil truly wasn't going to do anything bad. But something—call it a gut feeling—was telling Maki that this was just the beginning. That something big was going to happen soon enough. Her whole body began to feel cold. She looked down at her tattoo on her hand—the only part of her that was still not cold. It was hot, burning almost. As if someone just branded her with a hot branding iron.

Outside of the building, Nico continue to float around until she reaches a large building, eyes narrowing as she sense a familiar presence.

"I should have figured this was your doing." Nico growled as she lands on the roof. It was pitch dark, the only thing emitting any light were the moon, the stars, and Nico's blood red eyes. "So what were you thinking leaving a mark on my human?"

"I just wanted to call you over." Was the only reply that came from the dark, green eyes glowing and peering over at the small devil.

"You trying to call me over could have killed her." Nico snarl as she walk closer to the dark where those glowing green eyes were. "What the fuck are you trying to pull...Nozomi?" Red eyes narrows down and she cracks her knuckles. "Better give me a good answer or else I'm going to slice off those damn tits of yours."

Nozomi only grins as she stands up and poses cutely in front of Nico. "Nicocchi is really going to be attacking a shrine maiden? What a devil~!" Her shrine maiden outfit flowing in the chilly wind.

"Enough of that bullshit! Why are you even dressed like that anyways?" Nico growl as she ignites a magic fire in her hands. "A devil dressing as a shrine maiden. Disgusting."

At this Nozomi only grins widely at this. Her whole form seemingly to burst into a purple sinister fire. As the fire dies down, Nozomi stands there wearing a blood red corset and a matching miniskirt. Her devil horns protruding on top of her head and a long skinny tail similar to Nico flicks back and forth behind her.

Nico's red eyes seem to linger on Nozomi's large bust and she growls, even more angrily. "Okay, titty demon. Why don't you tell me what the fuck you're doing here now? And why did you break the protective charm on my human?"

The taller demon leans back until her legs were in the air and she was floating. She kicks up her legs, causing her to do a small backflip in the air until she was floating upright with her legs tucked in close. "I was just around the area when I saw your human summoner and decided to say hi. That's all~"

"Summone-" Nico brows furrow at this. "How...how are you here anyways, Nozomi?"

Nozomi only shrugs at this. "Don't worry about it. Its not really any of your concerns, Nicocchi." Green eyes seems to darken as Nozomi purses her lips, her expression turning serious. "There's something going on though, Nicocchi. You've sensed it, didn't you?"

"I wish I could say I didn't...so tell me. What is going on here exactly, Nozomi?" Nico ask impatiently at this, already annoyed at her fellow devil.

The other demon hums, which irritates the smaller demon more. "There might be some trouble, Nicocchi." Nozomi simply says and snaps her fingers. She become engulfed in a whirlwind of purple flames and Nico jumps back—eyes flashing dangerously red. "Nozomi! Get back here, you didn't answer any of my questions!"

"Sorry, Nicocchi. I'm at a time limit myself. I just hope when the time come, you and your human know exactly what to do." Nozomi's voice echoes as the flames disperse leaving the small devil alone on the roof.

Nico growls as she stomps down, causing the spot below her to crack and crumble from her strength. "That damn cryptic bitch, always doing shit like this..." She could no longer sense the other demon, knowing that she have already disappeared elsewhere and hid her presence. Nico sighs knowing there wasn't much else to do, but head home and-

Something dawn on Nico, her eyes widening as she seem to sense something else. "That girl!" Nico quickly jumped off the roof, levitating in the air as she looks over at the direction of the apartment she was staying at with her human contractor. She could sense something dark at that direction. "Ugh! Such a pain." Nico groan as she disappear in a whirlwind of red flames.

Back at the apartment, Maki felt cold. Like...really cold. As if someone dunked her in icy cold water and then just shoved her in the freezer. She breathed on her hands and rub her arms trying to warm up. Was the air conditioner broken, by chance? This feeling was familiar, it was then that Maki realized it was the same feeling she had in the alleyway. It was stronger though, more intense and suffocating. Maki fell to her knees, clenching her chest, and gasping for air. It was beginning to become painful. What was happening? Maki's eyelids felt heavy. She heard a dark giggle. A whisper that was luring her to sleep. Luring her into the darkness. Maki close her eyes—heaving one last breath.

"Get the fuck outta here!" A loud shout rang in Maki's ears and she felt her body warm up. Her mind clearing from the uneasiness and cloudiness. Her vision clears and she gasps for breath. She sees the devil next to her, looking at Maki with a strange expression on her face. Was that...worry? Of course not, that would be silly. Why would the devil be worried about her?

"Goddammit, that bitch. Of all the shit she could have done to get my attention, she breaks your protective charm." In her hand, a slimy looking shadow squirms in her grip. With a huge hungry grin, Nico opens her mouth wide and chomps hard on the shadow. A loud screeching sound causes Maki to flinch. She watches in horror as Nico continues biting into the shadow, the shadow continuously screeches in pain as it slowly being devoured by the small devil.

After the last bite, Nico licks her thumb and looks over at Maki. "Well then, lucky I was here. Or else you would have been dead." She licks her lips, around the corner of her mouth is smeared with something black—almost like ink.

"What...what just...happened? I don't...get this..." Maki murmured, feeling her mind spinning in confusion. "Don't get too worked up about it, kid. For now just rest." Nico whispers in a soothing voice, her expression softening up. She kneels down next to Maki and put a hand on the human's forehead.

'Her hand...feels warm.'

Maki mumbles something and closes her eyes, slumping down on the floor—losing all consciousness. The raven-haired devil picks up the unconscious human with ease before carrying her to the bedroom. "I don't like this anymore than you do right now, brat." Nico says softly as she lays Maki onto her bed. "But it seems like you're part of this now and there's nothing I can do to change that." Nico sighs, a solemn expression on her face as she pulls the cover over Maki, watching as the human mumbles something in her sleep and then cuddles into the blanket.

Nico laughs as she watches her human sleeps. "Humans are so weak." She simply says as her own eyes closes while she sits at the foot of the bed. She opens her eyes—red glowing brightly and she lets out a growl. The small lingering shadows that were clinging onto the walls of the bedroom skitters away. She sighs again and glances back at the sleeping human on the bed.

It was going to be a long night for her.

Nozomi stood outside on top of a building, watching as she sees a bunch of shadows fleeing from a certain apartment building. A grin graces her face. "Nicocchi certainly haven't lost her touch." A shadow flies by her and Nozomi simply just tilts her head, dodging the shadow—she grab it with her hand before it escapes.

She bring the shadow to her lips before taking a bite out of it—the screeches being lost in the night. Nozomi seem to grimace at this as she finishes the shadow, gagging a little as there was nothing left. "I really don't know how Nicocchi can actually stomach this. The texture is just so gross." Nozomi sighs as she licks the black inky like substance on her fingers.

Nozomi stood up from her spot. She stretch and dust herself before stepping off the roof, floating lightly in the air. Her feet gracefully began moving almost as if she was dancing in the air. She continue to move through the air, giggling as she past over a drunken man who only looks up at her with wide glazed eyes before hunching over and throwing up.

She finally makes it to her destination and floats next to the building apartment. As soon as she reached the window, she creaks it open and steps into the dim apartment room quietly.

"Welcome home, Nozomi-chan." A soft voice spoke and an long ashen-haired girl stretched from where she was hunched over at her desk, groaning as she felt her shoulder crack. "How many times have I told you to use the front door though?" She chastises the purple-haired devil. Nozomi only replies with a cheeky grin and scratch the back of her neck. "I thought you were sleeping so I decided to enter a little bit more quietly. So to not scare you, Kotori-chan."

"You entering through my window on the 9th floor late at night would probably be a lot more scary to wake up to, Nozomi-chan..." The ashen-haired girl sigh and rubs at her eyes.

Nozomi walk towards Kotori and looks at all the sketches and rough drafts that lay on top of the desk. "And how long have you been working on these now?" She asks as she picks up one of the crumpled up failures in the wastebasket and uncreases it.

"Since the afternoon, I believe." Kotori yawns and Nozomi clicks her tongue at her silly human summoner.

"Kotori-chan. You're a human—you're fragile and you'll break if you keep this up. Just rest now." Nozomi says with a motherly tone as she turns off the small desk light. She hoists Kotori up from her seat and starts pulling her human towards the bed. "But Nozomi-chaaaaaaan! I still have to finish the final draft before next week and I still have nothing!" Kotori softly whines as Nozomi starts unbuttoning Kotori's shirt to help her change.

"You won't be finishing anything if you work yourself to death." Nozomi say as she toss Kotori a pajama shirt—Kotori slowly puts it on, trying her best to stifle another yawn. "See, look. You can't even button your pajamas, I'll wake you up in the afternoon and help you with your final draft." Nozomi sits next to Kotori and helps the sleepy girl button up her top. Green-eyes look into Amber-eyes telling Kotori that there was no fighting it and it was settled.

Kotori pout before sighing and nodding, yawning again. "Okay, Nozomi-chan." She obediently crawls under the covers of her bed and pulls the blanket over her—snuggling her head into her favorite pillow. Her amber eyes glazes over as she slowly begins to drift off into sleep. Nozomi smiles as she slides off the bed and sits on the floor against the bed.

"...Nozomi-chan."

A soft whisper and Nozomi looks up at the ceiling. "Yes, Kotori-chan?" The devil replies back in a soft voice.

"Did...did you talk to her yet?"

"..."

Nozomi closes her eyes for a few minutes, the only sound was Kotori's soft breathing.

"Nozomi-chan?"

Somber green eyes opens slowly and stares at the ceiling. "Not yet, Kotori-chan. It's not yet time." She simply reply. Silence once again fill the room and Nozomi figured that Kotori finally fell asleep.

The voice spoke up again softly. "When will you?"

A chuckle escapes the devil's lips. "You're such a noisy human. Shouldn't you worry about yourself before you worry about me? A devil of all things?"

"Nozomi-chan...is kind...she's teases a lot...but is really nice..." The voice drifted off into a soft murmur. Eyes closes once again and Nozomi leans her head back against the bed, listening to Kotori's soft breathing. "And...Nozomi-chan is my friend. She also...deserves to be happy..."

Nozomi stays quiet before letting out a soft giggle. "Hm...don't we all?" Nozomi says softly and hums a soft tune, lulling her human into a sweet blissful sleep. "Just...remember, I'm always there for you...Nozomi-chan..."

Her human finally sleeping, leaving Nozomi alone in the dark with her own thoughts. 'Kotori-chan...you really are a silly human. Trusting a devil like me.'

A twisted grin on Nozomi's face and her green eyes glows brightly in the dark. 'She really should be careful...'

Because...

The Devil isn't all that kind.

Q&A

The following is not canon to this fic at all. Or maybe it is. I dunno.

"I don't understand what we're doing and why we're doing this..." Nico grumbles as she filters through the pile of fanmail. Maki sighs as she dumps a box labeled "Fanmail" onto the table with the rest of the mail—causing the devil to growl in annoyance at her pile being messed up. "I mean we already know more than half of this is all about how great and awesome I am!" That declaration made Maki roll her eyes.

"Well, the author promised some stupid Q&A for the fifth chapter as some sort of weird celebration." A girl seated next to Nico says, her maroon eyes scans the content of the fanmail and she runs a hand through her maroon colored hair.

The devil only looks at the girl next to her with a confused expression. "And...who are you suppose to be?"

"I'm Yuri. I'm supposed to represent the author right now, because they thought it would be better to write me in for this Q&A." Yuri says without even glancing up. She pauses a bit before finally glancing up at Nico's questioning gaze. "Don't ask, because I don't even know."

Maki takes a seat on the other side of Nico and picks up a letter. "The faster we do this the faster we can end this—and the faster she can leave." The red-head looks up at the other girl on the other side of Nico. "No offense."

"None taken. I wanna get outta here anyways." Yuri replies dryly as she tosses another mail into the pile. "Proper introduction for those who are reading. I'm Mido Yuri, I will be representing the Author for this Q&A. Don't ask if I'll show up in this fic, because I honestly don't know nor care if I do."

Nico points with her thumb at Yuri with an amused grin. "I think I like this human."

"She is very pleasant company." Maki says with sarcasm before gesturing towards Nico. "Anyways moving on quickly. This is Nico. She's the devil of this story. She's very small, very gay, and very much a huge asshole."

Nico waves lazily. "Sup, I'm Nico. And this is my human contractor Nishikinky Maki or something."

"It's Nishikino!" Maki retorts back with a blush. Yuri reads through a script before piping up. "I dunno. Reading this fic, you definitely have some sort of kink."

"I would be very happy if I didn't have a stranger and a devil kinkshaming me in my own apartment." Maki retorts as she picks up a letter, wanting to get this over with quickly. "First question now."

alicemisuzu: are there any modern devil summoning systems like demon summoning from smartphones

"Yeah. It's called Uber and Lyft. I've seen those scary demon shit that Maki summoned to get to her cult gatherings."

Maki stares long and hard at Nico before opening her mouth. "That's not-" "She's not completely wrong." She stares over at Yuri with a grimace at being interrupted before groaning and pinching the bridge of her nose. Giving up would probably be the best option to avoid the already growing headache. "Okay...right. Moving on then...we have one from Kumiko-chii now."

Kumiko-chii: When life give Maki a book what do she do, she summoned a devilish Nico. Another great chapter. Also Yeaaaay Yohane! Haha since there Q&A section next chap. I have one will the rest of the muse appear also?

"What's Muse?" Nico asks with a confused expression. Maki shrugs at this. "I think it's a bar of soap or something. But the rest? Was there only pieces in this fic?"

"The fans are going to riot this Q&A." Yuri says dryly before clearing her throat. "The rest of the Muse will appear in this fic eventually. The author is trying their best to try and come up with the proper roles for them that would add to the story."

"Even though the story is supposed to mainly be about Nico-sama." Nico grumbles with a scowl, she holds up a letter to her face and reads it out loud.

'Guest: This fic give me life.
And...and did Nico really beat up an officer just because he thought Nico was a little girl? damn Nico is just such a sassy violent little devil, ain't she? also what happened to Yohane? is she gonna appear again? pls update soon, author-San! I love your humor!'

"Well, dear guest. I'm glad I can give you life." "They said fic, not you." Nico ignores the interruption from her human, "And to answer those questions, "technically" I beat up an officer."

"How do you "technically" beat up an officer?" Yuri raises an eyebrow at Nico's answer, but the devil just waves her off. "That's another story to be told when the author decides to write about it. Also yes. I am indeed a sassy, violent, wonderful, powerful, charismatic-" "This letter said none of those except for the first two." Yuri interrupts causing the devil to growl a little at being interrupted once again.

"As for Yohane? Who's Yohane again?" Nico asks, scratching the back of her head. "That devil fangirl that had the web-cam show you helped?" Maki answers.

"Oh, her. Yeah." Nico looks over at Yuri curiously. "I dunno. Is she gonna be back or nah?"

Yuri only shrugs. "I'm just the representative. The author claims that she doesn't really have a big role for Tsushima in the future. But she might show up occasionally."

"That tells us nothing." Nico deadpans at this as she reaches for another mail. Yuri yawns a little as she waves her hand. "Take it to the author."

Maki grumbles a little. Of all the people the author could have used as a representative, they picked this chick.

Death Gremory: Bless you dear author for another brilliant chapter, those punchlines are real lmao, love how Nico-sama gets serious at times very much, she is a Great Devil after all~ I feel that Eli is a Devil Hunter/Slayer or was the former Master of Nico-sama or something... Anyway, great chapter! Q&A Do you take showers together Maki-chan? And what sleepwear do you use Nico-sama if you decide to lay down? Specific games downloaded on Maki-chan's laptop?

"Why would I shower with her?! That's disgusting!" Maki blushes bright red as she slams her palms on the table, causing some of the mail to fall off. "Disgusting? Before I came here you literally lived in a dump. There was trash everywhere!" Nico grunts as she glares at Maki. "Being able to shower with someone as sexy as me should be an honor!"

"That honor also known as getting arrested and being labeled a lolicon. Also people wouldn't be asking these sort of questions if you actually controlled your gay, Nishikino." Yuri mumbles as she picks up the letters that fell off the table.

"Quiet, filler character." Both Maki and Nico growls while giving the other girl a glare. Yuri says nothing and closes her eyes while raising her hands as if surrendering to pacify the other two girls.

"Continuing on with the question. No! We don't shower together, of course not! Get your mind out of the gutter! As for sleepwear..." Maki looks at Nico with a questioning expression. "What do you wear anyways? Besides that outfit and your hoodie?"

Nico blinks as she sits there, scratching her cheek as if actually trying to figure out an answer. "Usually when you're at class, I kinda dig through your closet. The clothes are usually too big for me—probably because you're fat." "Hey!" "I do sometimes wear just one of your t-shirt since they're big enough to wear by itself while I wash my actual clothes."

"Devils are actually pretty clean beings." Yuri muses while Maki feels her face grow hot for some odd reason at the thought of Nico wandering around her house in just a t-shirt. "Nishikino. Your gay is showing." She points out causing Maki to splutter in embarrassment.

"As for the games I downloaded. There's apparently this thing this human has called "Steam" that has a bunch of games. Although this loser mostly had puzzle games and stuff." Nico explains as she took out Maki's laptop from seemingly nowhere and start booting it up. "Also before you guys asked, I didn't download any of her games, I'm not THAT rude. I'll only download the game if it seems fun and it's free."

Yuri and Maki both rolls their eyes at the answer. "It's sort of weird that the devil actually have some sort of conscious of spending money." Yuri points out. "It's sort of weird for a devil to actually be here in general." Maki replies to Yuri before snatching her laptop away from Nico. "And just so you know, the game that Nico played before, I did NOT buy it! It was a gift from Rin, okay! She bought the game for me as a joke because she heard I like puzzle games! I-I don't play games like that, really!"

"The denial is strong in this one." Nico chirps and picks up a few more letters. "Let's wrap this up with this last one."

YayaSamuko: That was so freaking entertaining!
Q&A? What's that?
And I am more than glad to hear about that 5k announcement!
by the way, what was that "blue eyes" thing about?

"That's not really a...oh whatever. Q&A is basically this. We're probably going to only host this every few chapters whenever we get the chance. It's for those readers who are still unsure about certain aspect of this story or are curious about some of the characters. As for the blue eyes thing...you'll just have to wait and see." Yuri rambles on quickly before standing up and already hurriedly to the door.

"That's the end of this Q&A. Thank you all for staying with us since the first chapter and for showing such an interest. We'll meet again...probably...maybe. Perhaps. Just don't ask if I'll appear in the story." Yuri announces with very little enthusiasm as she quivkly leaves the apartment, slamming the door shut and leaving Nico and Maki alone.

"Okay, I'm seriously sending a complaint to the author. They should have sent a better representative." Nico grumbles. "Oh. So now you have a problem with her?" Maki says with an annoying smirk.

Nico ignores Maki and looks at the pile of letters that were all left in a mess. "Anywaysss!" She got up from her seat before heading towards the window. "I have something better to do than be your maid all day, so peace out."

"Wait what? You're seriously going to ditch me here with all this letters to clean up myself?! How could you?!"

Nico only looks back at Maki with a serious expression before an eyebrow arches up. "I'm the fuckin devil, remember?"

"And I'm your contractor so I say stay and help me clean up."

"Ugh...humans are such a pain!"

Author's Rambling: You guys are great though. Thanks for motivating me to continue on writing this story. I can't believe that this was originally just a dumb OneShot concept story that I just wrote because I wanted a drunk Maki summoning Nico just because she misread the word Satan for Santa. Now I ended up weaving a strange (and hopefully) interesting plot!

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and if you did, feel free to drop a review!

RRWhitey signing out!