(Angel's POV)
"Okay, Angel, Gamer, act like demons and be careful, this is Isledale, this place is run by thieves, gypses, witches… all kinds of trouble roam these streets" "Okay Death, we get it" Gamer signed as we started to walk into Isledale, city of misfortune. For about half an hour, we were asking some people where this witch doctor was but nothing. "We're never gonna find her" Gamer leaned against a wall as Death signed in defeat "He's right Angel, Isledale is too big-" "I'm not leaving until we find Akire Shards-" "Akire Shards, I know her" I turned around to be met with a girl with red streaked black hair and barbwire around her throat. "Can you tell us where she is?" I asked "Not until you tell me the business you have with her" the girl folded her arms "We were sent by Princess Euanthe Thorn, she said Akire could help us with something" "Oh, well in that case, I'd be she. Akire Shards at your service" Akire bowed then immediately guiding us to this little shop. "This is my place! Where all my magic happens and is the only heaven. Everyone trusts-" "No one trusts you ya lying double-crossing witch" Death spat, annoyed and bored, Akire death stared him "Don't you disrespect me demon!" Akire yelled angrily, point a finger at him "Don't underestimate for who I am" Akire summoned a staff, hitting the ground once as dark red smoke rose up to our waists "This is my world- not your world... and I've got friends on the other side~" Akire sung, both purple and green eyes glowing. "Sorry- I've always loved that song and I've never had the chance to sing it to customers or clients" Akire waved her hand, making the smoke settle and disappear, along with her staff "But if you guys don't mind, I'd like to read your cards first" Akire showed off her own unique tarot card deck "Just my own precaution".

"No-" "Fine" Death glared at me "Angel-" "It's just a tarot reading, once it's done she'll help us" "She's right" Akire smirked, gesturing to the small room that only had a small round table and five chairs. Death looked at Gamer who just shrugged his shoulders, Death signed "Fine". We all took a seat as Akire laid out all the cards on the table, then motioned for us to pick three cards. Death grabbed three, Gamer picked up three as well while pulling a confused look on his face, I didn't understand until I went to pick up three.... all the cards were ice-cold, the three I picked up were burning hot. Akire picked three of her own then placed the remaining cards in a pile next to her. "These tarot cards were given to me by Euanthe Thorn, they use to belong to the first black councilor of the Thorn Wing, what's so special about these cards though isn't the power they hold, but the 'shadow side' of them" Akire placed her three cards on the table "These cards can have more than one meaning depending on the person". She flipped over the first card, the words were ancient and unreadable, but not to Akire. "I died with the greed of wanting to achieve the darkly impossible, I lacked self-control when it came to dark witchcraft back in the human realm" she waved her hand over the card... it blackened, its picture turned to a white silhouette of a girl, a red silhouette stood behind her holding the silver chains around her throat "The words 'Welcome to the life of a demon' still haunts my head, but my second day of being down here- it was cleansing day... it given me the chance to find the motherfucker and gut him while he watched in pain" Akire smiled to herself "One of the best days I had so far". Alright, maybe Death was right about trusting a psycho like Akire.

Akire flipped her second card, not bothering revealing the shadow side of it "My present is to provide help and protection for others" Akire however didn't show her last card and went straight to Gamer's cards. She turned over the first card "Always shown neglection by those who were suppose to care" Gamer looked down as Death placed a hand on his shoulder, while I felt a little guilt... I didn't know that about Gamer. Akire flipped over the second card "A fallen angel thrown out of Heaven" we just stared at her, eyes wide... there's no way a single card could tell her what Gamer really was "Your last card..." she flipped it over to show the 'Tower' card "You'll finally be accepted as a demon by all". Just looking at Akire's face told me there was more, a darker side to that card, but her decision to keep it secret was a good one, the fallen needs no more bad news. Akire turned to Death's cards and before turning over the first card, she smirked as she looked at Death, Death glared at her "What?" "I can already sense it off the cards, a dangerous demon, but a huge flirt" "Can say that again" Gamer mumbled, loud enough for everyone to hear and laugh a bit "Yeah, guess I am". The laughing soon died down, the silence was then interrupted by Akire "Now you've been punished enough, huh playboy? Own death caused by a back-stabber, then first year or two in Hell was a bit of a horrible scene" Death's face grew stone cold and pale, she had just pushed a button neither me nor Gamer knew existed. "You act like a king when you're in your element, but sometimes kings need another to call their own" Akire flipped the second card showing the ? "But I see green..." then flipped the last card, one that was just completely green with these teal symbols on it before bringing out the darkness behind the card "....its when friendship becomes more than you want it to be" a blood cross appeared before turning into a star.

Her voice was like a warning for him to be careful. She then turned to me "I really don't want to waste your time since your illness and... unfortunate events lead to you being wrongfully thrown into hell as Satan's newest reaper" Akire flipped over the two first cards "But you don't like the fact that you're in hell or that you're a reaper, in fact one of the last original reapers left in hell". I avoided looking at the guys, just looking at Akire as she flipped over the last card... the card was consumed with reds and purples, and black figure, one of a girl wearing a black crown "Your future... you'll be the spirit and protector of some new royalty". I held back a sign... so I'm never escaping the royal family, am I?. "So what is it that you need me to do?" Akire asked me while she packed up her cards and guided us out of the small reading room "We need you to get this 'dream cater' demon out of mine and Gamer's heads" I answered "Wow, dream cater demon? Which one?" "Crawler" "Oh, he's a tough one, but you came to the right place, follow me". Akire lead us to the back, pulling out two fold-up-beds  "Gamer there, girl there" me and Gamer laid down on a separate bed as Akire walked off, coming back with two bits of rope. Akire wrapped it around my left arm and Gamer's right arm, then pulling out a chair and placing it between the beds "You sit, I'm gonna use you as an anchor" Death sat down in the chair, confused and suspicious of Akire. Akire wrapped the other end of both ropes around each of Death's arms "Hold onto your end, don't want to lose them forever in lala land" Akire warned, Death immediately gripped the rope in each hand as Akire gave me and Gamer a little vile filled with baby-blue liquid "Drink" me and Gamer hesitantly drank it and immediately blacked out….