User blog:Shadowblade777/Fanfic: Demonic Origins

Prologue: Dawn
''It's been a few days since Shadow assisted Solomon in stopping Akame's true plan, and Phantom's presence being known. Yet she's still getting used to the current world, as Shadow is getting used to her presence.''

Shadow and Phantom quietly sipped tea. After years of living in his Mistress Tamamo's room, he finally requested a private room of his own. The walls and floor were painted black, but the one major thing that stood out was a round table, which Phantom had used for a tea party. Otherwise, it was a pretty standard room, bed and all. "More tea, Ms. Beary~?" Phantom giggled as she poured tea for a stuffed bear. "... Always pleasant to sit and relax once in a while." Shadow said. "Tee hee. I would at least love for the others to join us, though. It's unfortunate that they're all busy. Even Solomon still hasn't gotten back to my offer after two years." Phantom let out a soft sigh as she sipped her cup.

Once Phantom finished her tea, she smiled and looked at Shadow. "You know... It's been far too long since I've set foot in this world again. I'm kind of curious as to how much it changed since back then... Will you show me around?" Phantom asked. Shadow raised and eyebrow. "Oh...? An unusual request coming from you, but... I can't refuse to you, can I?" he replied. Phantom giggled with glee and got up, quickly grabbing onto Shadow's hand and leading him out the door.

The citizens of the castle simply waved and looked on in confusion as the pair of assassins casually walked. "T-two Shadows...?" One of them asked. "... Is... someone cosplaying as him...?" another said. The two Shadows simply waved and smiled meekly. "Eh...? Is it me or is he... smiling? He's never done that." the voices kept going around. As they walked, a trio of Imps appeared before the two. "H-hey, can Rami play... pretty please? Remi and Rumi want to play, too." the Imp with big breasts, Rami, asked. Her two Imp friends, Rami and Rumi, stood behind their leader, acting all timid and shy. "Oh my, how adorable~ You three remind of a certain pair of succubus~" Phantom giggled as she picked up Rami. As the audience gasped and were quite surprised to hear a feminine voice, Rami was excited as Phantom held her up high, all while Shadow gently patted Remi and Rumi's heads. "Of course, I'd love to play~!" Phantom exclaimed. Rami expressed delight as her friends uttered a small cheer.

"... Actually, there's something I want to look at first. I'll join you four in a little bit." Shadow said. "Okay~ Have fun~!" Phantom giggled as she led the three Imps away. As Shadow walked, there were quite a few more murmurs from the audience, but he paid them no heed. "... She mentioned being shown around the castle... I wonder... if she was wanting to see the throne...?" Shadow muttered to himself as he headed to the throne room. He arrived at Alice the 16th's seat, only to find that no one was present. "Phantom... Hm..." as Shadow quietly pondered, a vision suddenly flashed before his eyes.

The sounds of a baby crying filled the vision. The white cleared and revealed the Monster Lord's throne room. Several figures stood in the room as a motherly figure in the center was cradling her child. "Congratulations on your child, Your Majesty." one of the figures, a Kitsune, had said. "Teeheehee, she's quite beautiful isn't she, sister?" another figure, a big breasted succubus, said. "Why yes, she is. I'm quite excited to see the new era of Monster Lords prosper. Again, congratulations, Your Majesty." the taller, smaller breasted succubus said.

"Thank you..." the Monster Lord said as she held her child. "The Dark God will always watch over you and see you prosper. I'm proud to be your mother... Alice the Eighth."