6 LEEEEEROOOOY JENKINSSS

Pov. Beelzebub

"So is there something you like?" I asked.

"I don't know, what does this do?" She asks, pointing at a puzzle box most people won't open no matter how much someone would pay them to open it. Then again, others would probably open it for free, I don't kink sham, but I do judge.

"Something not too pleasant," I answered.

"Yes, I can sense the demonic power around it. You should throw it away," she said cheerfully, like she just saved someone from going down the wrong path.

"This to, that to, oh and this is no good either, all of this has to go," she said as she continued to point out the demonic weapons, armor, and items I should get rid of.

"Gabriel," I called.

"Yes," she answered.

"Do you understand what a shop is?" I questioned.

"What's that?"

"That's a no," I say as I facepalm.

'Okay, I'm pretty sure she was an airhead with overprotective brothers, so I shouldn't be surprised.'

"A store is a place where you would exchange things for other things," I explained the best I could.

"Does that mean that you're going to give this to someone?"

"If they have something worth exchanging, yes."

"Nooo, bad, you can't give this to anyone," she said as she puffed up her cheeks and pouted.

"I don't remember asking for your permission," I said, looking her straight in the eye.

"You can't give them to anyone. It would cause great pain if any humans got their hands on these things."

"Don't worry, most humans can't afford most of the things in here," I said lazily.

"That's good," she said with a sigh of relief.

"Bless your heart," I said, seeing just how much of an airhead she was.

"And yours as well," she replied.

"Wait, d-"

~ diinggg

As I was going to get into it with Gabriel, I heard the door ring. Looking over, I saw a kid in all white. He had long white hair, clothes, a white fur coat, and a white aura around him. The only thing he didn't have that was white was a silver renaissance mask.

"Welcome," I said, wondering if this was another angle that didn't appear in the show.

He looked at me, then turned to Gabriel, causing me to look over at Gabriel. She was panicking for some reason before running up to me and throwing the shawl she was wearing over in some child-like attempt to hide me.

I was so shocked that I just stared at her. Apparently, I wasn't the only one surprised because the kid was also just staring at her before he busted out in laughter.

"Anyways, can I help you," I said as I pulled the shawl off of me.

"Awawaw, don't do that. You need to hide," said Gabriel as she tried to put the shawl over me again.

By the way Gabriel was acting, I had a good idea of who the kid that just came in was, but I didn't really care. All I wanted to do was see if I could make a sale.

"So do you want to buy anything, kid?"

"Awawawaw"

"Maybe, but would you mind if I look around first," he said after chuckling at how Gabriel got more flustered as I kept her at arm's length by putting my hand on her head.

"Father, this isn't what it looks like," said Gabriel.

"It's alright, Gabriel. I'm not upset, but I would like to know how you got your shop here without alerting us," said the kid who I know confirmed that he was Yahweh himself.

"Don't know the shop moves around. I have no control where or when it shows up," I said, shrugging my shoulders.

"When?"

"Doesn't matter, it's not important, you don't have to worry too much the shop will move again once all customers leave. So feel free to look around until then."

"Thank you. By the way, my name is Yahweh."

"Beelzebub"

As soon as I said that, Gabriel put her hands up like she was ready for a fight. But it appeared that even the shop didn't take her seriously because she's still standing.

"Hmmm, you don't seem to be from our world, but you still use the name Beelzebub," said Yahweh.

"I'm not surprised you could tell, and put those hands down Gabriel I'm not going to do anything," I said as I chopped her head causing her to bend down as she grabbed her head.

"Please take it easy on my daughter. She's pretty sheltered due to my over protectiveness."

I just shrugged.

He looked over my items with Gabriel. Every now and then, he would look at certain items longer than others like Excalibur or the abominations from Darksiders.

"You will sell these things to anyone that comes in?" Asked Yahweh.

"If they had anything to trade for them, but you don't have to worry too much because no humans can afford them, and I doubt Lucifer would be willing to pay for them," I said.

"No, he won't, but that still doesn't make me worry any less."

"Don't worry too much. Even I will be careful about what I'll sell to whom I sell. Don't want a school shooting situation on my hands. "

"School shooting?"

"Doesn't matter, now then anything caught your eye?"

"Several things, but I don't know what anything does, so can you recommend anything to me."

"Right, of course you wouldn't know what most of this stuff does. Well, I would recommend this," I said as I made the Four Violet Flames Formation Barrier appear on the counter.

"This is called the Four Violet Flames Formation. All you have to do is put these statues in a rectangular shape around something or someone, and they will be trapped by a powerful barrier. Keep in mind that the stronger the being you trap within, the more likely they will get out, but I can assure you that it will be able to trap them for an hour no matter how strong they are."

"Hmmm, any reason you're recommending this to me?" He asked.

"Let's just say you're going to need it."

"Okay then, but what do you want as payment?"

"How about you owe me a favor."

"And what would this favor include?"

"Don't know yet, I'll tell you when I come up with something."

"Would it have something to do with that soul that is residing inside you?"

Without thinking, I put my hand over Lilith's Mark and felt like a huge force pushed my body down. As I went down I hit my chin on the counter which hurt like a bitch.

"You okay?" Asked Gabriel with a worried tone as she looked over the counter.

"Yeah I'm good, it'll pass in a minute," I answered.

I was surprised I had been punished. It wasn't like I wanted to start a fight or maybe I did. The shop did say Beelzebub memories will affect me a little and I guess Lilith is a sensitive matter to Beelzebub so my body may have wanted to attack him subconsciously. But what he said did give me an idea.

"Are you sure you don't need help?" Asked Yahweh.

"Don't worry about it, now on to that favor. Yes it does have to do with the soul in me so what do you say, do we have a deal?"

"From what I could tell that soul doesn't seem bad and it does seem to care about you so yes we have a deal."

"Great, you can pick up your items now, have a good day," I said as I'm still on the floor.

"Are you sure you don't need help?" Asked Gabriel again.

"Yes, yes now go and please close the door on your way out."

As soon as I hear the door close the pressure disappears and I get up. Looking at the clock I see it's 7 so I decided to lock up and go back to my house.

I made myself some dinner, watched some TV, played some video games and showered before heading to bed.

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Pov. Yahweh

When I exited his store it disappeared like he said it would.

"Well he was nice," I said as I looked at the statues in my hand.

"Yes I hope we meet again," said Gabriel.

"I'm sure we will after all I owe him a favor, anyways let's go your brother's want to tell me something," I said as I walked away.

"Yes," said Gabriel as she skipped along with me.

We made our way to the sixth layer of haven to find Michael. After arriving we found Michael, Uriel, and Raphael gathered around a table with a map discussing something.

"Father you're finally here, I have something urgent to report," said Michael as soon as he saw me.

"Is Lucifer up to something again?" I asked.

"We're not really sure. Gabriel, can you go check on the human souls that just arrived? It seems like there's a group of kids that need calming down," he said, trying to distract Gabriel before he goes into details.

"Of course brother," she said with a hint of worry in her tone for those kids.

"Gabriel, can you check on the children after our talk," I said.

"Yes father," she answered.

My three sons looked at me confused about the reason I let Gabriel stay. But honestly I've been thinking of this for a while, the fact they try to protect and shield Gabriel from what's going on can backfire. I've allowed it so far because I'm also a bit overprotective of her as well but what happened with Beelzebubs was a wake up call. If he can make it up here without being detected it's possible for others to do the same. Luckily Beelzebub wasn't someone to take advantage of her innocence but I can't be sure the next person would be the same.

"Continue with your report Michael," I said.

"Yes father, it seems a group of humans have started to worship an entity named Baal-Zebul as a god. We believe this is Beelzebub due to having no record of this Baal-Zebul but have not confirmed this yet. The group is mostly living around the Mediterranean Sea. We have sent angels to investigate and have found several instances where he has made deals with humans. The majority of the deals have been for food in return he gets some of their life span. According to them they won't live past the age of 50," said Michael.

"That's strange, someone as egotistical as Lucifer would never allow someone like Beelzebub to be seen as a higher being than himself. And the deal is far to advantages for the humans, I doubt he'll even allow his subordinates to have deals with humans since he considers them beneath him," said Uriel.

"It could be a new strategy to get the humans on his side. But you're right this doesn't feel like something he would do. Is there anything more that we have learned?" Asked Raphael.

"Yes we have also learned of a group the humans have started to refer to the four horsemen of the apocalypse. It seems like they have been killing humans, devils, and falling angels. Our scouts have fought with them and even recovered some of their targets but it seems like they're under some kind of unknown curse. They also don't seem to want to fight our scouts due to them retreating whenever a conflict occurs after cursing their targets. Whether they are related we are unsure but they did appear after the Baal-Zebul started to show up," said Michael.

"I don't see much of a problem if they're not attacking us. Plus if they kill demons and fallen angels then we may be able to get their help," said Raphael.

"But they're also attacking humans," said Gabriel.

"About that after some investigation we have found out that all the humans we have confirmed they attacked have committed horrible sins. Some of them have hurt many other people in one way or another so I don't see much of a problem there," said Michael.

"But everyone deserves a second chance," said Gabriel.

"Hmmm, you're right everyone deserves a chance to redeem themselves. Can you bring one of those humans here? I want to take a look at them," I said.

"Yes father," said Michael as he left to fetch one of the humans.

"So how do we deal with these four horsemen of the apocalypse father?" Asked Uriel.

"They don't seem to be a threat for the moment but keep them monitored for now," I answered.

"Yes father"

"And what about Baal-Zebul?" Asked Raphael.

"I have an idea of who that might be and he's not connected to Lucifer so you don't have to worry about him too much."

"As expected of father," said Uriel.

"I'm back," said Michael as he returned with a human.

There was obviously something wrong with him due to his unresponsive state but overall he was healthy. If there was anything wrong with him it would be his eyes. They looked like lava that has almost cooled off but still needs a bit more time to completely cool off.

As I look into his eyes I can feel so much pain, but it wasn't his pain. It felt like the pain of many different people, innocent people. And all of this pain was being forced onto him.

"And all the people you rescue are in similar condition?" I asked.

"Yes father, but it's not only the humans that were left like this. Both the demons and fallen angels that survived were also left like this," said Michael.

"Hmmm, do you know how the humans you have saved lived their life?"

"No father, we did not think it necessary to look into their past. But if it's your will then I'll send a group to look into their life on earth."

"Don't bother, I'm more than certain that they have commented plenty of awful sins against innocent people. In fact I feel like those horsemen would be more suited to be called spirit of vengeance."

"But father shouldn't they be able to have a chance to reform and repent," said Gabriel.

"This is there chance it seems they can get out of there self created hell by completely

repenting," I said as I pointed towards their eyes.

"But what if they can't get out?" She asked.

"Then they are judged," I said as I thought about whether I should get involved.

But it seemed like I didn't have the chance to think about it too long due to one of my son's coming in frantically.

"Father Lucifer has attacked!" He said as soon as he came in.

"What!!!" Shouted my son's.

"Are you sure this isn't just a group of demons attacking us?" Asked Michael hoping what he said was true.

"Yes it's Lucifer he's leading the charge himself."

"Michael, Uriel, and Raphael get ready, we're going to the front line. Gabriel, go to the third level of heaven and make sure the souls remain safe. And send back up to the front lines," I said.

"Yes father!" They all said as they left to do as I said.

As I think about what's happening I look at the four small statues that Beelzebub sold me. I wonder what the future would bring before putting them away and making my way to the seventh level of heaven.

When I arrived I stood in front of my greatest creation, the sacred gear system. Turning it on I hoped it would help the war will end quickly but I know it was only that hope.

"Sigh, we're in for a long war."

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Pov. Azazel

"Looks like Lucifer thinks he can get rid of us without him personally involving himself," I said as I looked at the army threatening us.

In front of me was an army of hundreds of devils along with over half of the 72 pillars and three of the original Satan's.

"Azazel we have got word that Lucifer has led the other 72 pillars to attack heaven," said Penemue.

"He must be distracting heaven forces while sending his main forces to deal with us," said Shemhazai.

"Not surprising since he knows how much of a threat I am," said Kokabiel, causing us to roll our eyes at his comment.

"Anyways, it seems we're in some real trouble. Should we use that item you got from your friend?" Asked Armaros.

"Right it will help us greatly since are numbers are small and a all out battle would only make them smaller," I said as I pulled out a flask.

"We shouldn't be relying on others to help us, we should crush everyone with our own strengths," said Kokabiel with a hint of displeasure in his voice.

"Kokabiel we should be doing everything in our power to make sure our people live and if that means relying on others help then so be it," said Baraqiel with a serious tone.

"Tch, whatever"

As Baraqiel and Kokabiel argued I handed the flask to Penemue.

"Make sure to hit someone in the back," I said.

"I know," she said as she created a bow and arrow of light with the flask in the arrow.

As she concentrates she aims her down up before letting go of the string causing a small shock wave sending the arrow flying incredibly fast.

"So who did you aim it at?" I asked.

"It's a surprise," she answered.

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As the arrow flew through the air it quickly made its way to the back of the devils army. As if it had eyes it headed towards a group of devils, within that group there was three people that were completely different then the rest. Whether it was their power, atmosphere, or even posture they radiated elitism from every pore of their body.

Even though the arrow was traveling at impossible speeds a wall of insects appeared before it hit one of them.

But that only slowed it down before it passed it. As it was going to hit one of them a man swung his arm, breaking it.

"Hmmm, is this holy water?" Asked the man that broke the arrow of light as he noticed his fist wet.

"What is it, Beelzebub?" Asked Leviathan.

"Nothing, just a minor annoyance," he said.

"Everything is ready, we should start the attack," said Asmodeus.

"Yes, the quicker we finish this the quicker we can head towards heaven to help Lucifer," said Beelzebub.

"""Attack!!!""" Shouted the three at the same time.

"YEAAAAA!" Shouted the devil army as they headed to attack the Fallen Angels.

Suddenly the earth and air suddenly started to shake.

"What's going on!?"

"It's an earthquake!"

"But we're in the underworld!"

Both armies were confused and you could hear shouting from both sides. Suddenly a bright light appeared between both armies blinding everyone.

When everyone was able to see again they were all shocked by what they saw. In front of their eyes an army of humans as far as the eyes could see appeared out of nowhere. They looked around confused as the rest of them for a bit before focusing on the devils side. They looked at them as if they had committed a horrendous sin.

"LEEEEEROOOOY JENKINSSS!"