<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/3d/36/ec/3d36ecf85210021e405d4328f8d36562.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>NAME:</strong> Ryusei Tetsuda<br/><strong>DAY:</strong> June 15th, 2021, 11:00AM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>  Downtown Shopping District<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong> Kyless, Kevin, Lily<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong><br/><strong>WEARING:</strong> Uniform (https://giantbomb1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/scale_medium/1/14675/503563-longhumain.jpg)</span><br/><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> Continuing on his solo journey, Ryusei stopped here and there, looking for things he might like to wear and failing the entire time while people both human and demon milled about around him enjoying themselves. He wanted that. He wanted it so badly, but how? He was screwed up. He knew it, his therapists knew it but wouldn't say. His parents knew it but didn't know how to help. It was a sinking ship he wished he could just jump off of, but progress was slow, and aside from Mallory and recently Nerissa, he hadn't ever really opened up on how he felt about his life. He got so deep into his head that he wasn't paying attention where he was going, and accidentally bumped his shoulder into someone. <br/><br/>Stopping, he turned to apologize, then had to look up as the demon (https://i.pinimg.com/236x/66/05/bb/6605bbde64b030a9ddd83966f42164a5.jpg) he'd bumped into was about the size of his dad in his true form, maybe even bigger. "I." "Just gonna bump into someone and not apologize, runt?" The large demon sneered, leaning down at him with a scowl on his face and gave Ryusei a mean stinkeye. "No lousy human's gonna...wait." The demon continued to look at him, then took a whiff of the air, and his sneer turned into a malicious smile. "You're not even human...you're a dirty hybrid, eh? Now I've gotta wash this entire outfit to get the stink off, hahaha!"<br/><br/> He'd only wanted to apologize and go on his way, but this man had to say the H word. A multitude of emotions sparked within Ryusei at once. Fear, Depression, Anxiety...Anger...<em>Rage</em>...<strong>Hatred</strong>. The people around near enough to hear the conversation heard that "hybrid" word, and all of a sudden there was a crowd. Whispers, pointing, from both human and demon alike. Why was it always like this when it was people he didn't know? The large demons hand cupped his shoulder with more force than was needed, and he continued his verbal assault. "You gonna compensate me for gettin' that stink on my clothes? For making me touch some <em>thing</em> like you?! Huh you dirty halfbreed?!"<br/><br/> "I...I just wanted to apologize," was all Ryusei could utter before he felt his darkness spreading. Black mist rose from his shoulders, spreading around him like a cloak of safety. His eyes blazed bright and his aura became so offensive and stifling that being near him was like trying to breathe and run in quicksand at the same time. The people nearby started to feel weak and terrified, but couldn't run. The demon who'd got him riled up changed his tune and a look at his face could show the pure dread he felt staring into the eyes of the abyss. <br/><br/>Ryusei's hair started turning white, and his skin began to darken, turning towards gray. Reaching up to grasp the hand still on his shoulder, he easily pried it off and twisted it to the side. "Why couldn't you just let me apologize?!" The power usually sealed within him started to break free, and the release shook the area like an earthquake with no true point of origin. There was just raw power leaking from the hybrid, and it was taking all of his power not to punch the demons' head into the pavement, and then start picking off bystanders. Finally, a mental image of his parents both smiling down at him as they held him in their arms snapped him out of it. <br/><br/>In an instant, his mist, his aura, all of it vanished, and he was back to normal, his mind clear and his breathing shallow, but controlled. The people who'd collapsed around him could move again, and his would be victim fell over, mumbling and begging forgiveness while the unmistakable tinkling noise of him peeing his pants filled Ryusei's ears. Disgusted by the entire scene, but mostly himself giving in to those dark thoughts and losing control, he turned on his heel and left, content with knowing that even if they didn't like him, they would respect his power.<br/><br/> If only he and they knew how badly things could have turned out just then. After walking aimlessly for a few minutes, he decided he didn't even care where he ended up and summoned a portal. He walked through, and when he came out the other side, shockingly he was standing quite close to a small gathering of Mallory, Kevin...and <em>Kyless?!</em> He'd never met her personally, but he'd seen pictures and video as his father explained just who and what she was. <br/><br/>A powerful demon with some of the best illusion magic Azmodiel had ever seen. She was also more mischievous than that President from America everyone called a "Tricky Dick"...what was his name? Nixon? She'd spoken to him, and he was so taken back by the fact that she was here, and not in her cell, and was with Mallory and <em>Kevin</em> of all people, that he froze for a moment. He quickly recovered and answered her with, "Hello to you," and a nod of his head. She told him she liked his shirt (https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSUk2NCVZUHIm5xRZgfmp4oOQemD7m1bNYoa-CUux7-kLgi_qboaMD7fr5aajmK4Vb5ecSS_Wrm&amp;usqp=CAc), and he smiled without meaning to. Even though it was a simple compliment, it was a nice thing to say and he needed to hear something nice about now.<br/><br/> "Thanks...I like your bells," he said as they jingle jingled with her movements. He took notice of her taking a sniff before the mean sneeze grabbed her and she shot out colorful sparks? His darkness reacted, and a tendril of black appeared in front of his chest in case it was an attack. It wasn't though, and was simply pretty. He couldn't get over the sniff though. Was his scent really so noticeable that pureblood demons just knew? Did he actually smell <em>bad</em> to them? <br/><br/>Before he embarrassed himself and took a whiff of his pits, Kevin turned to him and asked if he was ready for the night. Something was different about him, though. His posture, the look on his face...even his scent were different from what Ryusei usually "sensed" from the bodyguard. And Mallory felt off as well. That was weird because usually he could barely tell the difference between them since they were so close. "I'm more than ready. Had an...issue earlier that left me with a lot of pent-up aggression. It would be amazing if I can punch it out using our culprit as a speed bag. Then I won't feel guilty since they're actually evil and not just...<em>ignorant</em>," he almost spat as the moment in question was still vivid in his memory from just a few minutes ago. He waved to Lily and the others when he saw them, but didn't take his eyes off Kevin for the moment. They were friends? And something was wrong with him, he just didn't know what.<br/></span><br/>