Chapter Thirteen: Kayako:

Being king is not everything that it’s cracked up to be. Everyone sucks up to you all of the time. There’s really no one to talk to. It’s just really… boring. There’s nothing to do here. Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. At times I wanted to be alone.

Lately, I have been watching the world. Over the years, humans have grown and multiplied. They have evolved so well. They speak many languages. They can build things. They know to gather food. They are even chasing after goals and knowledge. To be honest, I am quite impressed by all of this. Naturally, I kept this to myself. My followers were still jealous of Father’s “greatest creation”. If they saw their leader admiring these humans, they would not be a happy bunch.

And I am alone because of this.

One day, I was looking out on the world like a normally do. Not much going on at the time. Just the same old things that humans have been doing to live since they were first created. That’s when I saw her.

She was washing clothes in a river in what would today be called Japan. Was she the most beautiful woman in the world? No. Bayu will still forever be the most beautiful woman in the world to me. The woman on earth look beautiful in her own way. Sure, Hell had some decent women to look at, but they all started to blend together after a while. It was nice to see a human woman for a change.

She threw back her long black hair. Her face looked so pale. I focused my eyes deep onto every detail. Small violet eyes and plump little red lips. Her cheeks looked like powder covered in snow. Her lips seemed to be trembled. She looked nervous about something. Right away, I felt that I had to protect her. I reached out to touch the thin air holding her image.

“See something you like?” I heard behind me. I turned and saw a slender young man with long purple hair to his waist. He wore light grey and green robes.

“Oh, it’s you, Beelzebub,” I said. He walked over to my side.

“Yes,” I said. He saw the woman a gave her a strange look.

“A human?” he asked. “You’re into that?” I shook my head.

“I don’t know…” I said. Beelzebub tilted his head.

“I don’t get it,” he said.

“Get what?” I asked.

“Why her?” he asked. “Why a human?” I shrugged as I watched finish washing the laundry. Something inside of me told me to try and meet her. I rose to my feet. I walked over to the heavy black oak doors as if in a trance.

“My lord?” Beelzebub asked.

“I will be back for a while,” I said. “Please watch over things for me.”

“My lord?” he asked. I held up my hand and vanished into thin air. I could still hear Beelzebub calling my name.