"The back corner of the Dove by Inn" the note had said. Just where was this Dove by Inn?! Human cities were confusing. All the buildings looked alike to him and the ceaseless noise was distracting. Once the demon was sure he was completely lost, he circled back and managed to find himself at the docks.<br/><br/>The demon put a hand to his head and gave a drawn out sigh. He was considering just ignoring the note and going back home when he took a glance back over his shoulder. There, as straight shot from the docks, was a mid sized building with a sign on it saying "the Dove by Inn". Black remained silent, pushing away any insulting thoughts he had toward himself and turning to make his way to the inn.<br/><br/>A bell rang when he opened the door: a truly annoying sound. He looked toward the back of the inn, where two separate corners were occupied. One of the corners, however, was taken by an elf. Black seriously doubted an elf would even consider teaming up with a demon. So that left the other corner...<br/><br/>Casually, Black moved to the corner housing a light-haired human and set the note down on the table, looking at the boy curiously.<br/><br/>--------------<br/><br/>One by one people just kept coming! This place was almost never so popular. So far though, not one of them had shown any sign of being the one he was waiting for. Several moments went by and eventually a tallish black-haired individual with yellow eyes entered the Inn. This person walked directly up to his table and set a note down, giving Ijemaru a questioning look.<br/><br/>Ijemaru gave a slight smirk, "Did you get lost?" he joked.<br/><br/>"Yes," the demon replied with no hint of a joke. Ijemaru raised his eyebrows slightly at that.<br/><br/>Black took a seat opposite from the boy that had summoned him and stared dully at him. "I need details," he said plainly.<br/><br/>"Yes of course," Ijemaru said. "It's really quite simple; you would become something of a familiar to me; following my orders, protecting me, that sort of thing." By now, Black had a very skeptical look on his face.<br/><br/>"Just what do I get out of that?" he asked, skipping straight to the point.<br/><br/>"We'll be working toward changing the world," the boy said, smirking. "When I'm satisfied, I'll release you and you can choose any place you want to be yours and yours alone. From then on you could have as much peace and quiet as you want." he smirked, "I hear you like peace and quiet."<br/><br/>Black thought. He did like peace and quiet, and the idea of having it forever sounded wonderful. Though he doubted something like that could actually be accomplished within this boy's life time. It may turn out that he just wasted his time for fifty years or so and would never receive such a thing.<br/><br/>"I don't think so," he said after a moment. "I refuse."<br/><br/>Ijemaru gave a knowing smile. "That's too bad," he said. "You don't really have a choice." As he spoke, he pulled a slip of paper out of his pocket. It appeared to be some sort of talisman and had an odd symbol on it.<br/><br/>The boy didn't have to do anything. As soon as the talisman was in such close proximity with the demon, it started gravitating toward him. It shot toward the demon's hand and fuzed on his skin for a moment, burning. It was extremely painful, but Black gritted his teeth, not giving the human the pleasure of his screams.<br/><br/>After a moment, the now useless paper talisman fell to the ground, the symbol that had been on it burnt into the demon's hand. Looking down at the mark now placed on him, the demon had no idea of what it was, but based on the context...<br/><br/>"I can't use magic myself," the boy said, "but now with this I have a wonderful familiar who can."<br/><br/>Black looked around the Inn. Everyone was just going about their own business. Had no one noticed what just happened?! Apparently not. Oh this did not bode well.