"Tabitha!"
My lips thinned when I heard his voice again yet I brushed it off and continued hanging the clothes I just finished washing.
It's a fine day but what the hell is he doing here again?!
"Tabitha! Tabitha!"
I squinted my eyes when his voice went louder and louder until I felt his demonic aura behind me.
"What is it now, Yosuke?" I asked calmly and turned around meeting his deep, red eyes.
Tyler and Kurama appeared beside him with their usual smiles. They're wearing yet again those scarlet red overtunic I made them when I was still living in Demon Realm. They even matched it with knee-high leather boots.
"How dare you address her just by her name, Yosuke!" Kurama hissed, biffing Yosuke's head.
"I'm sorry. I just can't help it! Her blood really smells good," Yosuke snickered so he got poked again.
"All right, all right!" He whined caressing his head. He then looked back at me with his normal eyes. "I'm sorry, milady."
"Are you ready for your last mission, milady?" Tyler asked and I shook my head.
"I told you I'm not going!" I scoffed and turned my back against them.
"But you have to, milady! The Rulers have already decided and you must go or else you're going to be punished," Kurama argued and I shook my head once again.
"They've been punishing me since the I day I was born. What could go worse and I just don't understand, why it has to be me?! There are a lot of tamers back in Demon Realm. They can handle him for sure. My mom is sick and I can't leave her, all right?!"
I couldn't hide the frustration in my voice. I heard them sigh.
"Just please tell us when you're ready," Kurama walked beside me and handed me a memo. I only looked at it and then averted my gaze elsewhere.
He was a little breathless when he bent down and place the memo above the dried clothes beside me.
"Just call us anytime, milady," Tyler whispered and just that, they disappeared into thin air.
I hissed in vexation, glancing at the memo Kurama brought. I didn't bother reading what's written inside. They're sending same missive again and again. I can even relay the words backwards if I must.
Well, I should be proud and the great Rulers really took time to give me this piece of shit, right? I'm touched as heck!
I glanced at the mark on my wrist. θάνατος is a Greek word read as Thanatos which means death. This is my mark when they pronounced me as a tamer at the age of thirteen.
This shit almost cost me my life when I fought with my first descendant with some luck.
Those three are one of my tamed descendants.
Yosuke came from Libra's descendant. Tyler came from Pisces and Kurama came from Sagittarius.
I'm not even proud to say that I'm the one who tamed them and the rest eight descendants coming from different zodiacs and now I'm ought to go back to Aiden's realm, where they live, to complete the twelve of them.
Aiden is one of the Rulers who rules the Demon Realm, the place I used to live. Adonis, Aiden's brother, rules the Spirit Realm and lastly, Lelith, the ruler of the Human Realm.
I rolled my eyes, took the memo and went inside the house. I gasped when my mom emerged beside the door and as if on a cue, I immediately hid the memo behind me.
"You don't have to hide that," she said in a soft voice. "I saw them."
Mom placed a hand on my shoulder and smiled. "You know your duty in the Demon Realm and you must fulfill it."
I gobbled with rage. "But I can't leave, mom! I can't leave you especially with your condition right now."
Anytime, you could die.
She smiled and caressed my cheek with her soft, warm hand.
"I'll be fine. I'll be here when you get back. Everyone's lives depend on you."
I bit my lip as I eyed mom's thin body.
Yeah! Damn that everyone. It's been thousands of years since that incident happened--the day when the descendants loss control of themselves and invaded the human realm.
They went berserk and killed thousands of human beings. Aiden, together with the two other rulers, searched for a way to stop the chaos and that's by taming them; that's why descendant tamers are created.
With a little bit of concern, I have left for humanity, I've decided to follow what mom wishes.
She helped me pack the things I'll be needing in hell and waited with me for Kurama's return inside our small house which was located in the middle of our family barn.
"I'll be back shortly. Got that, mom?"
She nodded and I hugged her.
"Take care, okay? Don't let those descendants defeat you!" She cheered.
"Losing is not on my terms and besides, this will be my last mission so there's no way I would lose," I winked at her before walking towards Kurama who's already standing behind me.
"Goodbye, my child," she mouthed and waved me goodbye.
"Goodbye, mom," I mouthed back before a blinding light devoured us from below.
"Your decision is perfect, milady," Kurama beamed.
"You don't have any idea how hard this decision is," I scoffed as I was heaving deep breaths when the enormous gate of the Demon Realm materialized in front of us.
It's been a while since the last time I came here but it seems like nothing has changed.
To clear some things, the Demon Realm isn't a place where monsters live. It's actually just a place for underworld creatures which looks exactly like human beings but with supernatural powers.
The gate opened and we entered. This place looks ordinary--just similar to the human world--like New York, to be exact: buildings, ports, and there's even a River located near the Center of this city-like place which is similar to Hudson River.
I know this sounds ironic, but demons don't have horns. They don't look like scary monsters either. In fact, they looked very innocent and kind. They used to be angels though.
There's a saying which says, "demons aren't born, they were made," and that, my friend, is true.