James was openly bickering with himself... again. he was at the grocery store and his inner demon was telling him to buy a pack of cigarettes.<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #FF0000">"It will fuel your powers. there's nothing wrong with that is there?"</span></span>the inner Demon asked slyly "It would shorten my lifespan, and even if it didn't kill me, my powers hurt me and allow you to access my body, not to mention the attacks on my mind get worse!" James said shakily.<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-style: italic">"Buy something you can fuel them with!"</span></span>the demon shrieked. He complied, and bought a lighter.<br/><br/>As he walked out of the store, turned on the small flame and sucked it into his mouth, he realized that a girl had seen him eat the flame and he panicked. sliding the lighter into his pocket, he tried to act casual, but the Demon shrieked in his head and startled him.<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-style: italic">"HUMAN!!!"</span></span>it screamed, and he only had time for the words "So beautif-" before the Demon's shrieks made him loose consciousness.<br/><br/>As his body lay there, the two beings inside were bickering.<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-style: italic">"She isn't trustworthy"</span></span>the Demon said calmly "You don't know that, and besides, I'm still human." James said indignantly.<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #FF0000">"<span style="text-decoration: underline">We</span> are not anything like that despicable race!"</span></span>the demon screamed, pointing the sword that killed the inhabitants of his town at the boy's throat. "Tell you what, how about another deal." the boy said a little scared he was doing this... again. The Demonic figure raised what would be an eyebrow if he were human, but for him was simply a bit of flaming rock. James continued. "I will use your powers<span style="font-style: italic">if</span>you will allow me to use them to<span style="text-decoration: underline">protect</span>that girl." the Demon appeared to weigh the pros and cons of this. James smirked and said "Anyone or anything that hurts her, we roast them." The Demon seemed to still be thinking, so he added "I'll let you come out and eat the corpse."<br/><br/>The Demon stopped thinking<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #FF0000">"DEAL!!!!"</span></span>and James woke up to see the man he thought he knew would hurt her, a werewolf by the name of Sylvan. His blood, or what would be blood if he wasn't circulating fire in his veins, began to heat up.