A young girl's cries and whimpers could be heard coming from an alley. Judging from its pitch, one could easily assume that the girl wasn't even in her early teens yet. A sad thing to notice; a child lost and lonely in the now chaotic streets of New York.
Unfortunately, the demons that lurked through these streets didn't discriminate who they attacked and devoured. Everything and everyone was fair game, and that's just what a small group of Naga, serpentine humanoids, thought when they spotted the shadow of the crying girl.

"Frigging finally!" One of them called out. "We've spent the entire day looking for new game!"

"Yeah but," another one responded, "Could it actually fill us? Or at least give us a good bit of fun if it runs away?"

The second Naga was smacked across the head with the butt of the third one's spear, prompting an angry hiss.

"Shut the hell up! Does it even matter?!"

"Oh shut it," growled the first Naga as it began to slither towards the alley. "Let's just hurry up and kill it before other demons notice."

The other two snake demons nodded and followed their leader's lead, coming upon a small blonde girl with a white and blue dress. Head held in her palms, she didn't even bother to look up, simply scooting further back as if cowering.

"Aw... how cute," spoke the lead Naga. "Sorry kid, but a demon's gotta eat!"

The Naga raised its spear, but was stopped short by the second one.

"Say uh... this girl is giving me the creeps... I don't think-"

He was interrupted by the sound of the blonde girl's voice.

"Mister... please..."

The Nagas looked to the girl.

"Please... Die for me!"

She jumped up and looked at the snake demons with glowing eyes, her body giving off a similar glow of purple. It was now painfully obvious that this child wasn't even a child. She was a demon by the name of Alice, and she had basically given a death sentence with her last three words.

"What the?! No... I don't want to do this!"
The Nagas eyes grew wide in fear as they unwillingly pointed their spears at themselves. In one quick motion, they all simultaneously impaled themselves, spattering blood upon Alice's dress and ghostly pale face. She giggled childishly, enjoying the scene.

"Master! They're dead!"

Metal grating could be heard as a ladder rolled down the side of a building and someone began to climb down to the pavement below. A teenager, probably around 17 or 18 years of age, jumped off the ladder just a few feet above the ground and laughed.

"I saw! As always you have quite the way of killing!"

The teen wiped off some blood from his arms and hands onto his jeans. Apparently he had been dealing with a few demons on the rooftops as Alice lured and forced other demons to "die for her" down below.

"Look Master!"

Alice pointed to the sky at an approaching demon. It normally would have terrified anyone what with it being a huge, demonic, fly... thing.... but Ajax held still and simply smiled as it landed in front of him.

"Ajax," it spoke, "The runaways from the rooftop have all been hunted down and killed."

The teen nodded in satisfaction. The demon Beelzebub always got its work done and fought just as viciously as it had when Ajax first encountered it.

"Good... all that's left is for Murmur to return..."

The low growl off a large lion-like creature echoed through the empty street as it walked alongside a lone figure. The young man placed his hand on the demon's fur softly. "What's up Cerberus? Ya got something?" Cerberus bared his fangs as he growled, pointing his head at nearby building. The young man tensed up considerably as they drew closer to the building. Cerberus' senses were sharp, and something in this building clearly had him agitated which meant they were probably about to have a fight on their hands. As soon as he thought this, an entire flock of Suparna burst through the roof of the building. A few started to dive towards the two of them and Cerberus was quick to jump in front of his Master.

Three powerful bolts of lightning struck down the attacking Surpana suddenly. "Getting careless again, master?" Floating in front of him was a beautiful women in a flowing green dress, her transparent wings glowing in sunlight. "Titania, where the hell were you?!" The fairy queen grinned as she released more lightning into the flock."Fashionably late, master." One of the Surpana got past Titania's magic, and instantly found its neck being crushed between Cerberus' jaws. Another Suparna swoped down at him and he jumped to the side to avoid its talons. He removed his gun and pointed it dead center. "Blast Arrow!" The attack blew up in the bird demons face, and injured it gravely as it stuggled to take back to the sky, but was stopped as sword impaled it through the heart. "My apologies, Master" The white clad Kresnik remarked as it removed its sword from the dead Suparna and joined Tre's other demons fighting off the other Suparna. With there numbers starting to dwindle the Suparna weretrying to escape as they quickly discovered they had ambushed the wrong demon summoner.

"Interesting..."

An armor clad figure watched with arms crossed as Tre battled the Suparna horde alongside demons of his own. As it watched, a lare griffon walked up beside him and growled lowly as its talons extended and looked to its master for orders.

"Stay yourself," Murmur said. "Master would be less than pleased if he were to discover we attacked without reason."

The griffon tilted its head in question. After all, hadn't Ajax's orders regarding other summoners been to kill them? Murmur apparently picked up on his beast's questioning.

"Those summoners were causing destruction, something which our Master has wished to stop. This one seems to be commanding his demons in the same way he does us."

The griffon paused, and then nodded as the two continued to watch the horde be eliminated. The demons and their master fought with skill, it was obvious that they had all been doing this for quite a while now. Ajax might be interested in hearing about this, as nothing ever went unchecked by him in his areas. Murmur climbed onto his griffon's back before spurring it on to fly to Ajax's location.

---

Ajax was about to send Beelzebub to drag Murmur back to him when he saw a familiar griffon carrying its armor clad owner.
"You're late," Ajax said.

"Forgive me master, but I delayed myself to observe something you might find interesting."

"Oh?"

"Yes," Murmur responded as he dismounted the beast, "We spotted another demon summoner like you in these parts."

Ajax was surprised. He knew there were other summoners pretty much every where else in the world nowadays, but not many left in his area. Why? Mainly because these summoners were troublemakers that used their demons for chaos and destruction, and so had been hunted and cut down by Ajax and his demons.

"And you didn't capture or kill him?!"

The griffon seemed to screech in agreement, only to have its reigns tugged on sharply by Murmur.

"This summoner seemed to be using his demons in the same way you use us, eliminating a troublesome horde of Suparna."

Ajax nodded and eased up. That Suparna horde had been something he was meaning to take care of anyway. So, there was another one like him. Ajax was interested in meeting this person, and would set out to meet them once he and his demons had rested.

"We must do something" The demon called seth growled out.

No sooner had he finished another growl met his"Be silent, it is a time for us to be at rest you hatchling." Samael raised his head to glare at the demon known as Seth.

"You do not speak to me in such a way you old Pheasant!" Seth will not sit by while he is ridiculed, he opens his wings and surges at Samael with more than just Rage, but the intent to kill!

Samael opens his own impressive span and prepares his own strike, ready to show his dominance to the young one! "You are right, words are wasted on fools such as you!"

The two draconic demons begin swopping at one another, each one a breath from using their teeth to tear more than just a little of the others flesh off. It is clear the first one to show even a hint of hesitation and it will be their end. But abruptly as it began it ends, it seems they have spied someone on the ground many meters below.
A woman white as a fresh fallen snow, she smiles up at the sky and seems to be waiting for the pairs presence. Samael begins to descend but seth shows a great deal of hesitation. The woman of white clears her throat. Seth reacts with a shudder, the demon dives to her passing up a scoffing Samael.

The smile on her face rings hollow as she begins speaking to the pair. Her voice was almost sweet but hinted at a annoyance "Well what is it, I can not very well focus when you two are literally stirring up a storm. So tell me, what is it that ales you. What Drive my boys to kill one another yet again?" Tapping her foot she smiles and waits for a worthwhile response.

Samael a Demon of great power and prestige, a wise old representative of a time lost. Chuckles and simply retorts. "He started it." Seth another demon whom most would never dare to approach let alone speak with, reacts in a way most would not expect. "You lie! I simply confessed to being unhappy with the lack of activity." Samael laughs, the shrill sound would break glass, the bass in it would make it impossible to swallow. "Hatchling! You need not lie to her, Mistress he is bored." Seth flapped his massive wings as if to blow away the words. "I simply wish to do more than sleep!"

The white woman rolls her eyes, all to use to this rather childlike behavior in titans. "Seth this dress was expensive, Samael quit goading him" Samael laughs once more before sighing, "Yes mistress." The colossal serpentine dragon takes to the sky, leaving Seth and the woman in white. "Seth, you must stop being so easy for him to rile up. Its one of the reasons he is able to beat you so easily." Though no insult was said being informed of his character flaw was almost painful, he roared out at her his massive jaws could easily bite more than just her head off. "I AM NOT EASILY BEATEN! I COULD KILL ANY WHOM I TRULY WANT DEAD!" The Woman in white Glares at him, "Hold your tongue Seth, lest I cut it from your face." The titan pulls back, becoming aware of his transgression.

The woman in white straightens her hair and brushes some dust from her white attire, "Still I suppose I have been somewhat complacent. It is unfair of me to not expect you to lash out. You have not had the taste of blood in sometime....Seth shall we go hunting?" A seductive grin on her face.
"YES! I wish to drench my throat with their blood and stuff my stomach with their hearts!"

The pair begin walking where they end up. Follow the ravaged corpses...

Ajax had been walking for at least an hour and a half to the place Murmur reported seeing the demon summoner. Overall, the trip had gone smoothly, at least as smoothly as it could get in debris littered streets with demons lurking around. Since Ajax had made himself known at least somewhat for his demons and battle skills, some demons kept their distance. There were still a lot, like this Manticore for instance, who were still daring though.

"That's a no-no," Alice said as she rushed to the manticore and blew it off its course of attack with a well placed lightning attack. It was still alive, but weakened enough to the point to allow Ajax to impale its head with a sturdy, sharpened, metal pole. He nodded in thanks before continuing his walk, with Alice tagging along right beside him pretty much like a little girl would.

Another several minutes, and Alice noticed something strange. A line of dead corpses, fresh ones at that.

"Master, look," she whispered as she tugged on Ajax's arm.

Ajax could feel two powerful presences nearby, which along with the trail of bodies, he began to follow.

"There's something big up ahead, huh? How could something like this get around without anyone knowing?"

He could see two winged figures in the distance as he drew closer and closer...

Sam was going for a walk. His only weapons were a fishing pole and a demon summoner thingy. Too bad he didn't know how to summon demons. The previous owner was dead and unable to teach him how to use the item. But, it looked cool, so he put it on his arm anyway. Demons wouldn't be so eager to attack if they thought he was a demon summoner.

Soon, Sam found a lake. He sat down and began fishing. He was hungry.

Hidden, Ajax watched the two draconian demons tear apart anything that moved, demons and even humans alike. That's when he noticed something... a woman standing in the midst of it all who seemingly enjoyed the carnage being caused. Was this the demon summoner Murmur had mentioned?

"It can't be... Murmur said the summoner he saw was male..."

So now there was another demon summoner in the area, and this one was using his demons to cause chaos. Wonderful.

"Master, shall we go and play with these three?" Alice asked as she tugged on Ajax's coat. He grinned.

"Is that even a question? I've spent quite a bit of time trying to bring about a semblance of order to these parts, I'm not going to let two oversized lizards disturb it!"

Ajax stepped out from where he was hiding and sprinted to the spot where the demons were.

"You lot!" Ajax shouted. "Sorry for ruining the fun, but I think this place has dealt with enough demonic assholes to last a lifetime."

Alice floated in front of Ajax and twirled in the air. When she faced the demons and woman, her eyes and body were glowing with power as she prepared herself to fight. It seemed a bit unmatched, a little girl demon against these two dragons, but Ajax was confident she could handle herself. If need be, he'd bring out Murmur or Beelzebub to assist her.

"So, I'm going to give you all a choice," Ajax continued, "Stand down and leave this place, or be struck down here and now."

---

At the spot where Sam was fishing, something began pulling on his fishing line. They came gently at first, but soon grew more and more forceful until eventually the fishing pole was yanked into the waters. A demon rose out.

"Oh... a human... you know, it is rather unwise to try and mooch off food out of the home of a demon, especially when..."

The demon took a look at Sam for a moment and laughed.

"When you have no way of fending for yourself. Tell me then, why I shouldn't just rip your head off and feed youto the Kelpies?"

(Sakura, I'll leave it to you to decide what demon is speaking to you. Your Demon Summoning Device can walk you through demon recruitment or something, but here's a chance to acquire a demon ally!)

(Um... This one--> Lilim)

Sam looked at the demon for a few moments. She was so young and beautiful, he wouldn't have the heart to defend himself from her even if he owned a legion of demons. He shrugged. "Do what you want. But, why feed the Kelpies? Don't you like white meat?"

Samael began laughing and coiled himself landing his massive form around his summoner. His face was capable of no real expression but the obvious fascination gave his monstrous form a more docile aura. "Oh look mistress, a idealist! Perhaps it will save our souls from the pits of hell? Or maybe it means to justify its own actions by cleansing away our unholy flame! Hahaaha!! You humans so alike but always so confounding!" His laugh once more agitates the area.

Seth however had no intention to be reprimanded by a being of such low station! How dare it show such eyes to him, SETH he shall be the herald of the creatures death!
"You long for death? Only one may command me, any who dares even make a request shall be consumed!" Seth sets upon Ajax the massive draconic demon swooping down as it does a lightning bolt arcs and follows along its path Maziodyne.

The summoner smiles, watching the results. She seemed closer to Samael in mindset. merely an observer. She wondered about the person but if they couldn't survive Seth's greeting they where not worth knowing.

Ajax's lips curled into a grin as Seth charged at him. This demon was brash and impulsive, and had left itself open for a nasty counterattack that would likely knock it out cold if it wasn't able to resist. If it did withstand however, Ajax and Alice's attacks would cause quite a bit of pain.

"Pfft, come at me bro."

Ajax raised his hands and uttered a few words before clenching them into fists, resulting in an arcane barrier appearing around his body and Alice's. Makarakarn was such a great spell to have on his side, reflecting the magic lightning attacks back on the dragon. As this happened Alice flew in front of Seth for a brief moment to strike him head on with a Bufudyne. The icy projectile was large and glowed with icy power...

---

The Lilim grinned at Sam's words, which obviously suggested a bit of an innuendo.

"What if I'm just bored? You seem old, doubt you could really prove... entertaining to me..."

Seth is hit by his Lightning, but his flesh absorbs it as if a breeze. "Foolish!" No sooner had seth mocked him had the Glacier been summoned against his flesh. The cold chills his hot blood, and the combination of forces is jarring to even one such as Seth. It was as if he was chosen to play the Titanic in this reenactment.
(Maziodyne would have tried to hit the other demon aswell. But as I didn't say so specifically I will waive it off. )
The colossus seems stunned crashing into the ground tearing through anything that would prevent him from crashing into the surface of the earth. Though jarred the Dragon is far from done, if anything it would seem the startling realization that they made him feel pain acts a spur to enrage him further. Roaring out weak demons any where near are crippled with fear, the dragons voice insights panic and crushes all but the strongest of will.

Meanwhile Samael and his summoner watch not moving a inch to aid the prideful "lord". Rather the contrary Samael begins to goad his fellow. "Oh yes look at you can't even turn to dodge falling snow! Hahahaha! Rolling around in the mud? Are you a newt?"

"Well, I WAS fishing. Some people find that to be quite entertaining. Course, I'm an old fart. What I find interesting may seem stupid to you. What sorta things do young girls find entertaining nowadays?"

(I know, but Makarakarn shields every party member in the games anyway)

"Is it so easy to make you throw a tantrum?" Ajax mocked Seth as the demon roared loudly. It was a frightening roar indeed, but Ajax knew he had to hold fast against this creature if he was going to fight it head on.

"He's just like a little baby, Master!" Alice added in. The demon girl giggled as she charged up another Bufudyne spell, with Ajax charging straight at Seth with his sturdy weaponized metal pole. His body glowed with a great power in preparation of a Berserker God strike. Such a strike would be able to smash through a buildings walls, but he was taking a risk here charging at the demon...

Nonetheless, the thrill of this battle and the desire to silence the voice of this arrogant and chaotic demon was enough to spur Ajax into action.

---

The Lilim tilted her head in mock thinking, raising an index finger to her chin as if pondering.

"My sisters... we all have a pretty good idea of what 'fun' is. Sadly, that bit of fun can usually be detrimental to you men, absorbing essence and all."

She gave a coy smile before floating a bit closer to Sam.

"But we demons can find pleasure in other things... causing terror and panic in others..."

Sam look with blank expression. "Then I won't be any fun. Terror and panic don't exist in my life." He says seriously.

Seth was far less interested in the insults of the filth, Samael however. The wings of seth open fully, in the time that the two assailants set upon him. As their strikes would have just turned another demon into a shattered corpse Seth pushes his wings down with enough force the ground beneath him buckles and cracks! If a person would have blinked they would have missed the massive creature retreating to the sky line.

"Be Silent the lot of you! do you think yourselves my equal? You are just leaves in the winds of time! I am the wing that causes the gust! I AM SETH! Know your place!"

The summoner cracks a smirk, she coves her mouth as she fights down what sounds to be a giggle. Samael however is more than willing to inform the world "GAHAHAHAHAHA! Hatchling its a century to soon to make such a claim! I am also tempted to make it known You just retreated from a humans attack? Such a weak display hatchling!"

Samael speaks to the aggressors, "Why do you seek to bother us? I care not that you beat on the hatchling, but you raise your blades to us and I promise I will do more than posture. I would assume you have a stronger demon to aid you, or else you would not dare. Which of my comrades are aids you? If its that fool Belial tell him he still owes me for the gather two centuries ago!" he once again lets his shrill laugh escape.

Seth meanwhile has begun to dive in

Alice and Ajax were both knocked backwards by the shcokwave force Seth's wings had produced, landing with a thud feet away from the dragon.

"Owie..."
Alice levitated herself off the ground before floating over to Ajax, who by the time she got to him was helping himself up with his pole.
"That wasn't very nice of you, you big meanie!"

"Quiet Alice..."

Ajax listened to Samael talk and scoffed. What kind of question was that?!

"Uh... well let's see. You lot walk into this area, MY area, and start causing a shit storm by trashing the place up even more than it already is. On top of that, you just had to go and eat the people fleeing from your little Godzilla wannabe parade."

Ajax was angry now, a bit more than before. If there was something he hated, it was demons who killed the innocent for mere sport and to act superior.

"And I will not have any of it going on wherever I tread!"

Ajax and Alice prepared themselves for battle once again, ready to strike back against the demons. If need be, Ajax would summon Beelzebub or Murmur, perhaps even both.

Samael's eyes grinned "Godzilla? Quite the reference! But alas I am not 30 stories tall!"

Seth however lashed out once more making a large sweep at the pair. The woman dressed in white was suddenly before Seth smashing his face with great force. The Drake slammed to the ground with more force than when he left.

"Calm yourself, you are unseemly."
For the first time since the conflict began she spoke. She slowly drifts to the floor, Samael stops laughing suddenly, and takes a more aggressive posture. She motions for Ajax to wait before beginning to speak.

"I apologize for my subordinate. Seth can be a rather emotional sort, but I can assure you his strengths far out weigh his idiotic nature." She straightens her shirt and jacket, now in the open her business suit would almost make her appeal masculine if not for its slender cut. "Now I believe some clarification is in order. Demons below a certain caliber begin to see the world around them in fear do they not? Do they not lash out at any whom they deem vunerable? Seth is an agent of death, he must cleanse these vile vermin or the innocent will find themselves overwhelemed. Now I admit fault here, I was unaware that you had made this your, I believe the term is turf." She looks at Ajax with sympathy as if he is unfortunate to be the way he is. "Samael and myself are not longing for conflict, quite the contrary really. You see it is hard to deem it worth the energy to swat flies, in addition it takes far more energy to insure its only the fly you swat." A slight bit of a threat is in there, but also a warning.

Seth seems to be rising to the air, but the threat the killing intent has dropped from the air. But the tense aura coming of the Woman in white and Samael....

"I shall overlook your assumptions if you shall overlook my breech in territory. Do be careful. I know your cards aren't all on the table, know that you have not seen mine either."

Once again she states a threat and a warning.

"Cleansing places of the vermin who would, as you say, lash out at those they deem vulnerable isn't what we're concerned about," Ajax explained, "In fact, I use my demons to cleanse as well. If you're going to do such a thing though, at least take care you don't end up killing those you claim to protect."

Ajax motioned to the area around him as well as some of the human corpses strewn about while keeping his attention on the woman and her demons. His eyes and demeanor were still stern and angry, but he would not attack so long as they didn't.

"Teach your demons a bit of control and discrimination, it might save your lives should we find you 'cleansing' yet again. Even Alice, though a child, has enough power to handle your childish titan, you don't want to see what else I have either."

Hearing the sound of what seemed to be fighting, Sam got up and went to watch. It seemed to be between two summoners and their demons. Perhaps he could learn how to use the summon thingy?

---

Unfortunately, the battle ended without any summoning. But, the combatants were still tense. Maybe the conflict would continue? Sam kept watching just in case.

The Suparna's number were heavily thinned at this point, Titania giggling madly as she shot the bird demon clean out of the sky with here lightning blast. Kresnik stood next to her holding a bow made of pure energy doing his part to destroy the remaining demons. One by one the Suparna faced there deaths by electrocution, or through an arrow through the chest and their bodies started to pile on the ground below.

Tre rode atop Cerberus as the fabled guard dog of Hell tore through the Supurna who made it to ground. Cerberus crushed one of the Suparna's under his massive paws as his master surveyed the battlefield. He noticed his master doing this whenever their battle drew to a close, trying to learn from the fight.Finally the last Suparna flew through the sky, somehow making itself past Titania, and Kresnik's onslaught. He gestured at Tre in way to ask if he wanted him to go after it, but his master lightly patted him. "I'll finishthis one Cerberus." and stepped away to prepare his attack. Cerberus roared a quick affirmation and started to dig into the corpse of their enemies as was custom after their fights.

Tre cracked his knuckles in anticipation, and wide grin on his face. He loved when he and his demons sent their attackers running, it always stirred up his more primal emotions. Even though the demon was attempting to escape he wouldn't allow it. With enough time the demon would just join up with more of his kind, and pull this same stunt on someone else, which he would not allow. Electricity crackled in his hand as he raised it into the air. Titania giggled with joy, and Kresnik smirked as he prepared his favorite demon skill. "You should've thought about that pathetic life of yours before you tried to attack me you overgrown pigeon!" Sparks flew wildly from his fist before he finally let the Thunder Reign go on the fleeing Suparna. The weakened avian demon stood no chance of surviving the attack, and it exploded in the sky. He threw his fist in the air for another another victory. He turned to his demons. Kresnik wiped the blood of of his sword, treating every battle with the same intensity as his one with Kudlak, and Cerberus was content eating away at the dead Suparna, while Titania twirled around happily. He'd let them rest before they continued on.