Tattoos

" Now that i found a new body, the first thing i have to do...." The demon saint paused before continuing.

" Is to get some food!" He shouted.

' Get. Out. Of. My. Body. You Bastard!' At that moment, a shallow voice was heard.

" Hmm? How is it that you are still here? Well whatever, you're just a soul that got it's body stolen."

" Even if i can't destroy you, having the connection between body and soul severed will cause the soul to dissipate after a certain amount of time!" The demon saint said.

Puff!

A golden flame appeared in front of his forehead.

" Bye-bye now!" 'Levi' had a twisted grin on his face.

He sent a large amount of mental energy into 'his' body.

Crackle!

As it was flowing through his body, the mental energy was crudely erasing Levi's soul imprints.

Ba dump!

As the mental energy was flowing through levi's body, it (his body) suddenly pulsated.

" Finally the nuisance is go-" The demon saint was interrupted.

Sizzle!

Just as the last of Levi's soul imprint was about to be erased, the feeling of being scorched interrupted the demon saint's thoughts.

" What the hell?!" Black tattoo's appeared on Levi's chest and arms, before turning blood red.

" Ahhh what the hell is this!?!" The demon saint shouted crazily.

When the tattoo's turned from black to red, they became scorching hot.

" What the hell are these tattoo's!? Why have i never heard of anything like them before?!"

" And why are they on some brat from a backwater place like this!?! i have to get out of this body!!"

The demon saint gathered all of his soul and mental energy together, but just as he was about to leave Levi's body, some strange letters gathered around him, making him unable to escape.

" Aghhhh! Dammit! What are these letters?!" The letters carried the ball of soul and mental energy into Levi's yin tang point in his forehead.

Levi's body, which was empty, fell to the ground.

Chiii!

Steam began to rise from his body, as the tattoo's spread all over.

Inside of his body, the demon saint's unsightly soul imprints were being removed and Levi's being returned.

" Ugh! What the hell?" Levi opened his eyes and found that his entire body was aching.

" Hmmm?" He looked down at his body and his brows furrowed.

Strange tattoo's lined his body, down to his wrist and ankles, and up to his neck.

" What is-" Before he could finish, the event's of just now flooded his mind.

" Ohhh, i see." His lips curled up into a cold grin.

" Hahaha! I don't know what these tattoo's are, but, i love them!" He laughed.

" Hey, didn't you say that you were going to erase me?" Levi's laughter abruptly stopped as he asked out loud.

' You little brat! What have you done?!' Inside Levi's head, the strange voice of the demon saint rang out.

" Little brat?" Levi asked coldly.

The strange letters around the demon saint tightened.

' Aghh!' A heart wrenching cry rang out in Levi's head.

" I hope that i don't have to remind you of your current situation."

" Although i don't know what these letters are, they seem to respond to me, so killing you would be easy!" Levi's cold voice reverberated on the dark room.

' You-aghh!' The demon saint let out another cry.

" As the person in control of your life or death, shouldn't you be addressing me with a more... respectful tone?" Levi's cold voice had a hint of mocking.

' You b- aghhh! All right! Master!' The demon said said through 'gritted teeth'.

" Good." Levi got up from the ground and left the room.

" Where is the treasury?" Levi asked.

' You think i'll te- aghhh!! There-there...isn't one!!...this place was only supposed to be a temporary hideout!' He shouted.

" Why did you come here to hide?" Levi asked.

'...' The demon saint kept silent.

" It's not like i care. But you should already understand how things will work from now on. Now, how do i leave this place?" Levi asked coldly.

'....Go to the largest dome and use mental energy to activate the runes.' After a moment of silence, the demon saint answered.

After walking for a while, Levi found himself in a large dome.

The black bricks had runes carved into them.

Puff!

A black flame appeared in front of his forehead, it was a little bigger.

He did as the demon saint said and sent out his mental energy, as the runes became a dim red.

Suddenly, all of them released red light beams toward Levi.

Feeling a sense of danger, Levi tried to leave the dome, but this was in vain.

" You bastard!" Levi shouted in anger, the red beams of light were about to vaporize him.

' Humph! This place is a hideout for your demon here, do you think that any mental energy can get the things in here to work? Hahaha! You might as well slit your own throat to save some time!' The demon saint said with mockery.

" Then i'll just use yours!" Levi said with difficulty.

' What the hell are you talking about? Even if you have me locked up here, you can't use my me-'

Puff!

Before he could finish, a small golden flame appeared above Levi's black flame.

' What!? That's not possible!! What are you!' The demon saint shouted in Levi's head.

" Hmm?" Levi was startled for a moment before coming back to his senses.

Siii!

After using the demon saint's mental energy the red light's were replaced with yellow lights.

The dome trembled a little before Levi was transported outside.

chiii!

' You! What are you doing!?! Stop!! Aghh! What have you done!?' Only a few seconds after getting out of the dome, a scorching sound was heard, along with the demon saint's shouts.

" Nothing much. I just made it so that if i die, those strange letters will completely destroy your soul."

" And what ever pain i feel, even though you are just a soul, you will also feel it!" Levi's voice rang out.

' That's impossible! You should stop ly- arghh!' Levi stabbed his plam with one of his fingernails.

' You...' The demon saint was left speechless, he could only silently look at the scene.

" Let's get along from now on." Levi had a mischievous grin on his face.

" Where is this." It was only now that Levi realised that he was in an unfamiliar place, he was in a forest.

He released his wings and unsteadily shot into the sky.

" Tsk, it seems that those red lights injured me more than i thought." He mumbled.

" Hmm? Is that a city?" After looking around for a while, he spotted a city in the distance, a grayish wall surrounding it.

" I'll just go to that city then." He flew off in that direction.

After flying for a while he landed on the edge of the forest, he didn't want to draw attention to himself by flying into the city.

He took a robe with a hood from his spatial ring and put it on, then started to walk to the gate.

" Hey! Where is your entry fee?!" Just as he was about to walk through the gate, a guard shouted.

" Entry fee?" Levi stopped and asked.

" Yes, entry fee! Are you some kind of idiot?!" The man shouted.

" Entry fee..." Levi repeated this once again.

" Here." Levi took 5 silver coins from the spatial ring and threw them at the guard, then started to walk once again.

" Wait! What the hell is this?!" Yhe guard's voice was heard once again.

Levi stopped in his tracks, the temperature around him dropped as he turned around and glared at the guard.

" Why don't you offer up your life as the entry fee then?" His voice was calm and cold.

As the guard looked into those golden eyes that were filled with murderous intent, he began shaking uncontrollably.

Seeing that the guard said nothing more, Levi turned around and walked into the city.

After he left, the guard fell to the ground, still shaking.

" What's wrong with you?" Deeing this, a guard that was patrolling the area walked up and asked.

" His eyes..." The guard said unsteadily.

" They weren't human!" He suddenly shouted.

" what the hell are you talking about? did you get kicked by a donkey or something?" The other guard was startled before getting annoyed.

The guard on the ground said nothing more, he just sat on the ground in a daze.