Henry walked halfway to the other side of town. From his house to the school, was eight kilometers, and walking there wasn't an easy task. He usually takes a bus but he had to go to the store, since it was the sports day in his school, he was late and had to run to get to the store in time but it was already too late, the store was closed.
"It looks like they closed early" he whispered. "And even if I run, I won't be able to make it back to the bus stop in time"
As he turned to leave, his stomach growled, he haven't eaten since morning. He didn't eat much since he was trying to get to school early and that was because he woke up late, his work has been taken a toll on him lately. Even without eating, he still participated in the sports and still ran to the store, he was completely drained.
"If I don't find something to eat, I might not be able to wake up tomorrow morning. And even if I decided to wait till the morning, i walk past here at five-thirty in the morning, and the shop isn't open then. Maybe I can ask the neighbors for food."
With that plan, he decided to go home hungry. There was a T junction at the end of the block, he turned right before hearing a sound; it was coming from behind him. He wanted to keep walking and mind my business, but something made him turn around.
It was a high pitched scream for help, he knew the voice, it was May. Without thinking he quickly ran to the direction of the screaming and found a demon eating a woman. Henry as covered his mouth, so he wouldn't scream.
Henry's eyes widened and he started to sweat as soon as he recognizes the woman. It was May's mother; the same woman who came to school to pick up her daughter and just walked away few minutes ago.
_She's now... Dead!!_ Henry tried to walk away silently but mistakenly kicked a stone. _Not good._
The demon suddenly paused, then slowly turned it's head around without even moving it's body.
"What do we have here?" The demon said, It had a feminine voice.
_I-it can talk; that means... It's an upper-class demon._
"You know, it's rude to watch a lady when she's eating."
"Why...di....did...you..." Henry stammered as he spoke, trying to hide his fear but he couldn't, the sight of the woman whose face has been bitten off was just too much for him.
"Huh?"
"Why did you eat her!!!?" He yelled, trying to hold back his tears.
"What are you talking about?" She asked, "By your smell, you don't seem to be a demon. So, what's a child like you doing out by this time of the night?"
**GROWL...**
"Ugh....." Henry stomach growled. He was really hungry, and needed to get home fast, but he couldn't leave May's mother in that condition.
Even though she was in n a terrible state, she was still breathing but she was also bleeding, a lot.
"You seem to be hungry." She held the poor woman by her hair, pulled her, and kept her in front of Henry. "Why don't I make you a demon? That way you can work for me and never get hungry."
Henry backed off a bit, the demon didn't look like she was going to attack him but it would be best if he stayed on guard.
"What the hell!?, And you expect me to agree to that?!!!"
Henry was slowly losing his temper, but decided it would be best to stay calm. The is a upper-rank, which mean it will be stronger than him in every way but she isn't attacking him, he just have to attack first and make sure he take the demon out with one hit.
He just have to defeat the demon and quickly take May's mother to the hospital and she be fine, at least, that's what he thought.
"You killed someone; aren't you feeling guilty?"
"Guilt? For what? All I did was eat my dinner, and in the process, I helped her end her miserable life."
"You disgust me."
Henry ran towards the demon and tried to punch it but it dodged his attack.
_The demon might have dodged my attack but won't be able to dodge this one, I'm a human but it doesn't know that I have a technique_
"Ancient Beast summoning: phantom snake!"
A black snake rushed the demon as it tried to get away from the summoned beast. The snake made its way to the demon's neck and bit it, sucking it Karma. Henry quickly ran to May's mother to check on her, but she was already dead. At this point, he didn't know what to do.
The demon cut her head off, and immediately grew another head.
"Is that all you got?" The demon said and cracked it's neck. "Honestly, I'm surprised that a kid like you could dare to attack me"
As the demon rushed Henry, they both heard something that made them pause.
**Sniffles**
Henry and the demon quickly turned to a nearby bush and saw May hiding behind it, crying.
"No, please don't" May cried and covered her eyes.
_She stayed, even though her mother was being eaten, she didn't run away_ Henry thought. "MAY!!!!!"
May slowly raised her head up.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING~????!!!!!!. GET OUT!!!, QUICKLY!!!!!, GET UP AND RUN!!!!!"
"B-But my... Mom, s... she's...."
"I SAID GET OUT, DAMN IT!!!!!" Henry shouted. "GO GET HELP!!!"
May sluggishly stood up and began to run.
"You little brat!!, How are you able to hide here and I didn't sense you!!?" The demon diverted it's attention to May and ran after her. "I'm going to kill you!"
"I'm not letting you hurt anyone. Ancient Beast summoning: phantom snake!"
The dark serpent darted towards the demon. May tripped and fell down and the demon was able to catch up to her, as soon as the demon was able to reach May, the snake quickly coiled itself around the demon, immobilizing the demon.
Henry hurriedly ran to May and helped her to sit up. May had some scratches on her face.
"Are you okay?"
"I think I'm fine. What about the demon and my mother?" May asked as tears flooded her face.
"She's... Gone. But as for the demon..." They both turned to the demon who was getting squeezed and sucked out of karma energy.
"I won't let you get away with this!" The demon and struggled to free it hand. It clenched it's fist till it began to bleed and spread the blood at them.
_I-is that the demon technique_ Henry thought as he watched the blood slowly coming at them, he could easily dodge it but he won't be able to save May, so he quickly used his body as a shield and let the blood pour on him.