(Current time. Hypnos’s viewpoint.)

Kinky stood above the light encased bodied as a swarm of flies gathered around her. Despite my every wish to bring her down I couldn't help but admire my wife from so many years ago. I cracked the whip against the floor in an attempt to get her to back down before things got bad but she just smiled and watched me with curious eyes.

“It’s been a long time, Daddy.”

“Stop calling me weird names,” I demanded cracking the whip again.

“You know. I thought about you a lot.” Same old mind tricks “when I walked those empty streets, stood in an empty apartment, in the warm shower” she ran her fingers up her thighs “in the wet, hot, water till I was drenched.” She blushed as she put her finger on her hip “this was your favorite spot. Remember?” She shivered as her finger trailed upwards “on my entire body. That was your special spot.”

“It’s not going to work, Kink.” Sighing I lifted my whip and pointed it at her “I’ve been around this block too many times with you. I know your games. I know how to play them as well. Right, cousin?”

She stopped for a moment and looked at me “What. Did. You. Say?”

“You should be nicer to your cousin.” I smiled weaving this web ever so perfectly “in this version. We have to be cousins. In order to appeal to American viewers. We’ll be cousins. So much for your dreams my one-time lover. I guess the planets are not aligned perfectly. Uranus and Neptune only drift more apart.”

“Take that back.” She stomped her foot “we were more than one-time lovers! And you are not my cousin! I could give a **** about what the American’s want! We demons want hot planet on planet action!” As hot headed as ever.

“Sorry.” I sighed “in this season. You’re my cousin.”

Clinching her fist. I noticed the ring still on her finger. After all these years and her betrayal, she still wore it. “You know?” She slowly released her fist “I knew they would send you.” She motioned to the flies to rest on the light encased bodies “even if it broke the treaty. They couldn’t handle an S class demon like me. So I knew they would summon you. That’s why I brought you here. Brought you home. Even though I will never forgive you for liking the American version of my show. I brought you here for a few different reasons.”

“Which is?”

“One.” She lifted up her perfectly manicured middle finger “to warn you.”

“For?” I placed my free hand on my hip.

“The dream is slowly dissolving. And eventually, more demons will cross over and many of them. Still, remember the role you played in helping Lethe achieve eternal sleep. And they don’t want to risk being put back in the dream. Starving.”

“And why warn me?”

“Two.” She rose up her other middle finger with a smile “I came to offer you a way to keep from being targeted.”

I eyed her with suspicion. Something was up.

“You know I am not the most powerful demon ever trapped in that dream. And many of them have placed a bounty on the head of the sleep Goddess. You.” Her eyebrow rose “and since that succubus continues to live outside the dream. The leak of her mana is causing a tear in the dream allowing a handful of demons to escape.” She took a deep breath “and it’s only a matter of time before a big one gets out. No one thinks a lower level demon can take you out. But a big boss. Like Lucifer. You would lose in a heartbeat. And I would lose someone I hold very dear to me.”

“And what does this have to do with your so called offer.”

She manifested another apple in her hand. This was one a pale blue color in appearance and despite our distance carried a heavy candy scent “it’s an apple. From my mother.”

“Demeter?” I asked softly “she gave you one of her prized apples?”

“Correct. Just in case of an event like this.” She smiled at me “it’ll take away your mana and for years you’ll live as a human.”

“Why would I a Goddess want to live like a human?”

“Do you think this is all coincidence?” She rolled her eyes “a succubus is the only demon able to leave and return to the dream. And when was the last time a succubus was born?” I nodded in agreement “not in a long time. And this succubus is flesh and blood of someone you know. Phobetor.”

I nearly fell back when she said that name “No.”

“Yes. His new wife gave birth to the first succubus in millenniums.”

“N-new wife?”

She looked at me sadly “Lust.” She momentarily looked away from her.

“I’m sorry.” It came out so fast I couldn’t stop the words before they crossed my black lips.

“Are you?” She asked “you never liked my sister. A cardinal sin is someone all the Goddess hate. Perversions that corrupted society. Right? And it was her who brought Sodom and Gomorrah to salt when the first angels came.” Her eyes seemed to be filled with so much pain “our cities. But I forgave her. No one knew what angels could do or even what they came for. But you. You never forgave her.”

She wasn’t wrong. Gomorrah was the city I had built for people who sought to free themselves from mortal rules and live with demons. Sodom was the sister city my best friend and wife Kinky built to allow people and demons to explore a passion. The cities were hated by demons and humans alike. We had no rules and the cities were over -ran with half-breed children. Our children. And Lust was the reason the Angels blew the trumpets causing the cities to fall to salt. She touched an angel and infected him with lust, a mistake that cost so many their lives.

“You don’t have to pretend you forgave her.” Kinky said snapping me back to reality “but Phobetor. That’s a wish far worse than the punishment she deserved. And the child he assigned his daughter ????? ?? ?? ? ?? ? ??? ?? ?? ??? ?? ????? ? ?? ? ? ?? ? ?? ?? ??? ?? ?? and you know what that means?” I was in shock with her words “he did it to keep her out of the dream. A succubus oozes mana. And absorbs mass amounts of it as well through.” Was she blushing “adult things? But a succubus can’t return till her job is done.”

“And it’ll never happen.” Rage was filling my body now “he really did plan this!”

“Down to every last detail. Expect for me.” She was watching me closely now “I never stopped loving you. Even though you decided to stay here and allow our home to be turned into a Starbuxx coffee house. Though-“ She looked around “it’s a lot uglier than our home could have ever been. Even with how messy you are.” Kinky began to giggle “clothes all over the house.”

“Well, you kept ripping them off me.”

“Tell me more, Daddy.”

“Stop it.” Now I was blushing.

“He didn’t plan for me to get out. Or to have the apple long after he killed my mother.” She began to walk to me “she always said to use it when my heart wanted something. And I want to protect you.”

I backed up “How did you get out? If he didn’t want you here, you wouldn’t be here.”

“My sister says she sorry.” She dropped the apple and it began to roll towards me “she didn’t mean for our children to become salt and she didn’t mean for so many people to die. She hopes that one day you can forgive her and that won’t happen if you are dead.” The apple stopped before me. The scent of candies drifted into my nose “release.”

“Kinky, NO!”

(Current time. Kinky’s view.)

Puff of black and red smoke oozed from the apple. Hypnos lifted her little arms in defense as she tried to protect against the airborne Goddess cure but even she couldn’t find off a spell created by Demeter herself. Quickly Hypnos was swallowed up in the cloud. She hated me. This much I knew and I could respect her hate. It was fairly distributed evenly amongst my sister and I but all I felt was love. I was not a Goddess nor a sin just a high ranking demon who was fell in love with someone who towers over me and I was not about to give her to Phobetor.

“K-kinky.” She coughed her voice sounding strange “W-what did you do?”

“Protecting us.” I said as the smoke began to clear “protecting you.”

“My magic is gone.” More coughs “but also” the smoke slowly began to clear and I could see the outline of a body standing there. I could feel the nose bleed about to start as I notice her clothes on the ground “Kinky. You really f***** up.”

“Anything to protect-“ I trailed off and busted out laughing “my mom has a cruel sense of human!”

Before me, stood Hypnos. But she was no longer that cute, gothic little bundle of joy. But a “you make a cute boy!” I shouted. Hypnos was now a young boy. A fit, rather tall boy who looked to be around the same age as Hypnos’s female human form. “And blessed by what I can see.” She covered her lower half and scowled at me “this is all your fault! All your fault!” Her hair was now blond, short and spiky. That once doll-like appearance was now masculine and with defined muscles. 

“I think you're adorable!”

“Not as adorable as you!” Her eyes filled with rage “the smoke got you too!”

“Shit!” I looked down and between my legs “a horn!!!!!!”

Hypnos busted into tears and I tried not to die myself as I stared at the extra skin between my leg. “This just went there.” I hissed “from a cute ill-fated love story. To another episode of Boku no –“

“Stop right there!” Hypnos demanded, “you’re going to fix this and fix this right now!”

I shrugged falling more and more in love with my tiny arm as time passed “the spell will wear off on it’s own. When we are safe that is.”

“Kinky! What are we going to do now?”

I turned to the frozen body of Johnathan “you guys hiring?”

“KINKY!”