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Never Surrender: Ch.11 Face The Truth

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"Julia...!"

"GET YOUR FILTHY DEFILED HANDS OFF OF HIM!" Julia screeched angrily like a banshee. Levi was left in pure shock when the furious young woman had approach the impostor with such great speed, he didn't even see her. Fast as a bullet. 

Julia snatched the impostor's neck roughly without hesitation, her pupils slit like a cat, and her irises suddenly glow demonically in a deep shade of either hot pink or fuchsia. Levi cannot believe his own eyes. What in the hell is he seeing? He had only known Julia for nearly eight months, and doesn't even know this side of her! Just what the hell is she? There's no way in hell that she can possibly be human. How can a normal human change their eye's like that? And for Julia to possess this kind of strength and speed? Levi is completely confused, yet he couldn't help but still wonder what in the actual hell this woman truly is. It's all so bizarre to him.

The impostor was thrown off of the older man and she hit her back right at the brick wall with a loud thud. Julia's growl was menacing, looking like she is ready to tear this bitch apart. The black and white-haired female stalked her way over to that fake image of herself, her fist clenching tightly at the ready. Levi can only watch in horror when Julia grabbed the bitch's head, lifting her up while letting out a vicious snarl. 

"Who are you!?" The impostor can only smirk in reply, chuckling while she's at it "ANSWER ME!" Julia had tightened her grip on the fake's head, not caring if she ended up cracking it like an egg. The impostor's eyes suddenly glow brightly mixed red, orange and yellow, in which they were swirling around like burning hot volcano lava. Without warning, she had blow Julia off with just one powerful punch to the face, sending her hurling to the other end of Levi's small one bedroom apartment. 

"Fuck- Julia!" Levi cried, jumping off his bed and ran over to the young woman. He didn't care if his entire body still felt a little numb from some kind of fucked up toxic scent that he inhaled, which he immediately knew that it was emerging from the Julia impostor, and ran to the real Julia. The short black-haired male landed his knees beside her, carefully rolling her body so that she's laying on her back instead of her side. Julia groaned in pain as Levi lifted half of her body up, moving her left thick white bangs out of her face "Shit! Are you okay!?" 

"I-I am" Julia coughed "You got to get out of here! She's dangerous!" 

"What the hell are you talking about?" 

The fake Julia began to laugh hysterically, her upper body doubling over as she held onto her stomach with both arms. She stumbled a couple of steps forward, yet manage to kept her balance while still laughing out loudly like a complete maniac. Levi was horrified even more when the impostor's physical appearance started to change. Instead of black waist length rat tail hair like Julia's, it was the same mid back length tight curly autumn red hair Levi was so familiar with. Her skin is a lot more paler than Julia's healthy complexion, growing a few more inches taller, her irises turning from autumn red slash maroon eyes to green. The same make-up she wore that Levi would see her wear all the time, and her nails are a deep bloody red. One was missing from her index finger. What horrified the short male the most, is that the woman is exposing a pair of bright red bat-like wings with black bones, and a rams horns sticking out from both sides of her head. She's a fucking demon!?

"I can't believe it..." Levi whispered in horror "She works at the same night club I worked in..." 

"What?" Julia asked, looking incredibly shocked. And before Levi can answer, the tall redheaded woman cackled wickedly as she slowly approached Julia and the short human male. 

"Aww~ And here I thought that my little trick would work~" The redhead spoke, giggling at Levi's bewildered look "Surprised to see me, sweetie pie~?" 

"C-Carmella..." Julia whispered, horrified herself.

"You know her?" Levi asked, but the young female was interrupted before she can answer. 

"Just one more little baby step, and I would've taken all of your delicious life force~" Carmella had slid her eyes over to Julia, narrowing them with her tone of voice changing "Tch! Disguising myself as Julia makes me want to fucking puke. Yet here I thought it's the only way to get close to you" 

Julia growled, grabbing onto Levi's small shoulder and lifted herself up in an unsettling way, her piercing hot pink eyes glowing more furiously "You're not just here to devour him! Is that it!?" 

"Hmph! Why should I answer to you? Pathetic halfbreed" 

"Halfbreed?" Levi whispered to himself.

"You returned...I thought my father killed you! I can only guess you came back for revenge..." 

"Maaaaybe~" Carmella licked her bottom dark red lips with her split snake-like tongue "Too bad for your poor old daddy, he missed my head~" Her mood had suddenly changed as Julia continued to send her hard menacing death glares. Levi can only watch while keeping a tight hold around Julia's waist to keep her from falling "What pisses me off the most is you!" She pointed her long sharp red nail at the young female angrily "You little bitch! How can you still be alive when I was the one who tore your heart out!? A FUCKING HALFBREED LIKE YOU SHOULD STAY DEAD LIKE SHE'S SUPPOSE TO!" 

Levi had no idea what those two are talking about. The woman from the same night club who works as the stripper, is the exact same cunt Levi despises the most, is a demon in disguise. He didn't know what kind of demon she is however. Levi is not the type of person who's interested in the supernatural, nor is he interested in reading about myths and legends related to them. To him, they're just a bunch of childish fairy tales made for idiots who are into dark fantasies and other things related to the supernatural and shit. He doesn't believe in any of these, yet here is the whore he hates so much, revealing her true form and colors right in front of him. Levi had wished that he was having a nightmare, but this is truly reality. And he is not going crazy here. Demons and other supernatural creatures...they are real.

Carmella had tackled Julia down onto the floor with an inhuman scream, grabbing onto her throat with both hangs in attempt to strangle her while knocking Levi aside. Levi fell backwards with a grunt before jumping back up on his feet. He then charged right at the winged demon with his fist raised, ready to punch the shit out of her.

"Get off of her you fucking monster!" The short older male shouted, colliding his rock hard fist right towards Carmella's face. He didn't give two shits about his morals now. This thing is not even a normal human being, so why should he care about hitting a female demon? He couldn't just sit here and watch Julia get strangled like that. 

Levi landed another punch across the damn demon's face, but this time he aimed right at her jaw. Carmella had managed to grab a hold of the defensive man's fist before it could hit her in the face the third time, still keeping a monstrous tight hold around Julia's neck with her free hand. The redheaded demon glared maliciously at him, screaming at him like she was throwing a childish temper tantrum. Mother of god, why does this bitch like to scream so much? Levi didn't know, but he definitely hates it with passion, and he thought that his ears would bleed if she doesn't stop screaming bloody murder.

"You dare hit a woman!? You got some fucking nerve!" She roughly threw Levi aside without a care "You're not even cute to me anymore! I should just kill you right here and now after I tore this bitch's heart out again!" 

Levi grunted and cried out in pain as he landed right on his back, colliding his head against the carpet area of his bed. He slowly turned his whole body over, now leaning on his side with his elbow keeping him supported upwards, glaring at the redheaded cunt "Go ahead and kill me right now! I don't even care anymore!" Even though Julia is struggling to pry Carmella off of her hips, she's still couldn't believe what Levi said "You can kill me, but let Julia go, bitch!"

"L-Levi- No...run away!"

"JUST KILL ME ALREADY!" Now it's Levi's turn to scream "If you kill her, I got nothing to live for! My life is too fucked up, and it's not even worth living for me anymore! If you kill her...WHAT DOES THAT MAKE ME!? NOTHING!" Julia could've sworn she saw tears leaking out of Levi's eyes. Just the sight of his sorrowful expression filled with pain is enough to make her cry "She's too important to me goddanm it! Kill me instead!"

"Oh Levi..." Julia choked tearfully "Please no..."

"Oh~ So you do see her more than just a friend after all" Carmella taunted, standing back up and lifted Julia off the floor, still keeping a tight hold around her throat "Listen here, Romeo! This pathetic piece of shit you cared so much is not even human! HA! If she is such a good friend to you, she would've told you the truth about herself!" Julia continued to choke as Carmella laughed "This worthless cunt is a fucking liar, and you still care about her, knowing that she's a bloodthirsty monster like me!? Huh!? HUH!?" 

"Julia...is not...human? But-"

"Well duh she's not you dumbass!" The demonic redhead sneered "Aww~ Poor sweet little piggy pie. Sad about learning the truth of this little bitch's true nature~?" She snickered "You should just give up on her and continue to suffer like you normally do everyday with all your suicidal thoughts and depression like a drama queen. The bitch doesn't care about you, so why waste your breath on her? She's nothing but a fucking liar!"

Even with Julia's true identity being revealed, Levi can still see clear sadness in her eyes while struggling to escape from that demon. Not only that, he can tell how much Julia regretted keeping everything a secret from him. But why would she? Is it to protect him from the world she came from? Hiding her shame of what she truly is? Was she afraid that Levi will look and act around her more different if she even told him what she truly is?

Levi didn't know what to believe, but he knew that he still cared about the young woman he befriended from the moment she saved him from drug overdose. Her smile wasn't fake, her kindness wasn't fake, and her genuine love isn't fake either. In return, she cared about the man she saved deeply, and Levi can truly see it in her eyes. Hiding the truth is all to protect him. There is no way that Julia can be the cheater and the liar. Not to him.

"Tch! The only one who's a fucking liar, is you!" Levi growled.

"Hmph! Well I'm obviously being more truthful than this cunt-"

"Get a grip, bitch. Scream all that bull crap from that shitty mouth of yours for all I care. Julia had a reason to fucking lie to my face, so do yourself a favor and burn in hell"

"YOU LITTLE INSECT! I'LL CRUSH YOU-"

"NO!" Julia had shoved Carmella forward with all her might, sinking her own black nails deep into the demon's shoulder as she pushed forward. With so much force, she ended up shoving Carmella and herself through the wall beside Levi's bed, falling out of the apartment room.

"JULIA!" Levi cried and ran over to where she fell with the redheaded beast. He arrived just in time to watch them both crash into the pavement before running out of his apartment outside. He knew for sure that one of his neighbours had heard all of this racket and called the police, but he couldn't care at the moment. He needed to get the hell down there and help Julia, but what can he do? Levi doesn't have a chance facing that horrid demon, nor does he have the strength to fight. For god sakes, he's only a weak human being to her. He couldn't overpower a demonic being without getting himself killed. 

As soon as Levi burst through the main entrance, Julia was nearly being pummelled to death by Carmella. He had grabbed a full piece of brick beside him and ran over to the two. The older thirty year old man aimed at Carmella's head, ready to smash the brick on her.

"LET HER GO!" Unfortunately, Carmella had slapped his hand that was holding the brick, merely causing it to fly off. The demonic woman giggled and grabbed Levi's head, not giving a damn how rough she is.

"You can't hurt me, silly~!" She then threw aside for the second time. Levi's back collided against the wall of the apartment building, causing him to shout out in pain before falling face down on the sidewalk.

"L-Levi-"

"SHUT UP!" Screeched Carmella, slamming Julia's face down deep into the cemented road "You're starting to get on my last fucking nerve! That pathetic and worthless suicidal piece of shit like him is weak! Why waste your time on a failure like him!? He's nothing! Just a weak human being who has no future what so ever!"

Julia had swung her leg up, hitting Carmella at the back of her head with just the ball of her foot concealed by her black punk ankle boots. The redhead cried out in pain as Julia got back up on her feet lightening speed, throwing one single punch to Carmella's face and her stomach. She then round house kicked the back of the female demon's head, ultimately knocking her right down on the pavement.

"You know nothing about him! Beat me to a pulp all you want, but don't you dare call Levi worthless because he's not!"

Carmella threw her own kicks at Julia as soon as she got back on her feet "Look who's talking! Acting like she doesn't know anything about his petty little issues on life! HA! You can even smell it from him, but you're too much of a fucking scaredy cat to confront him about it!"

Julia dodged the woman's attacks "Even if I told him about his negativity that is radiating from him...Levi will just push those topics away and not talk to me about it..." The black and white-haired female swung her leg, yet missed Carmella's stomach "It doesn't matter. I don't care how stubborn he could be. Hell, I don't even care how bloody messed up he can be! Levi is more human than I am! Get that straight through your damned head!" 

"I rather be killing you and him instead of listening to your shitty preach! You're so fucking stupid to be showing pity to your food!" Carmella successfully shoved her fist right through Julia's stomach, causing her to cry out and cough out nothing but blood "Humans are nothing but toys and playthings for us to have around and bend their will! Their souls are our source of food, nothing more! Quit showing pity and kindness to a worthless suicidal prick like him! He's nothing!"

Before Carmella can dig her hand into Julia's chest, a figure came swooping down towards her. Without warning, one of Carmella's wings were viciously torn off by the figure with long waist red hair, more brighter and intense than hers.

Carmella screamed in agony as her other wing got ripped out from her back. Then a hand went straight from her back out from her chest, exposing seven inch long sharp black claws.

"M-Mum...!" Julia gasped.

"Shit- AUGH! It can't be-" Carmella moaned and cried in agony.

"Well well, long time no see, Carmella" It was Hunter "How long has it been since we first met? Nineteen eighty six to be precise" She taunted, pushing her hand out more through Carmella's chest. 

"B-But! You were dead! You gave your life up to give birth to that fucking demon child! How can you-"

"Sebastian and his twin brother. That's how" Hunter twisted her hand to the left a bit, causing more pain to the wicked demon before her "I will make sure that your death is slow and painful. You have the nerve to harm my master's daughter, and you'll have to pay for that with your life" 

After hearing what Hunter had just said, Carmella's anger fueled more aggressively. She had let out a vicious demonic scream imaginable, blasting both Hunter and Julia away from her, ignoring the fact that her back is bleeding heavily from two large wounds where her wings used to be. Her fangs grew more fierce and sharp with her entire body glowing brightly pink. Suddenly, ten to fifteen copy cats of herself emerged from the demoness. Hunter scoffed bitterly, slipping out what looked liked to be a very long burnt brown leather whip from the side of her hip that was formally attached to her belt of her deep red leather somewhat tight pants. 

"Kill them" Carmella whispered, her voice raspy, demonic, and diabolical. Her doppelgangers all chuckled darkly, flying their way over to Hunter and the heavily wounded Julia, who is currently keeping a close eye on Levi. 

"Tch! Such an old school trick, coming from a lowly succubus like you" Hunter said in amusement, tightening her grip around the handle of her leather whip as she walked over to Carmella and her large group of doppelgangers "But that is to be expected. After all, you're still weak like your pathetic kind and the incubi's" 

"AUGH! KILL HER!" 

Hunter smirked arrogantly, sprinting into action. She had caught one of the copy cat's ankle with just her whip, pulling it forward. It suddenly sends electric shock to the false demon, causing it to turn into red rose petals. Carmella can only watch in anger as Hunter destroyed more of her doppelgangers. The bright poppy red-haired demon was completely surrounded by ten copy cats, and they were up in the air. When they charged themselves down to tackle the newborn demon in one blow, Hunter jumped aside, dodging their attempt to ram into her from above. 

Julia was watching the whole thing as Levi woken up from being knocked out. He groaned and hissed in pain, rubbing the top side of his head where it hurts, nursing it. Julia sighed, relief that the short older man is not injured. When Levi laid his eyes on the battle that's happening right in front of him and Julia, he immediately noticed the black and white-haired woman's adoptive aunt, fighting against Carmella's doppelgangers. He was left in pure shock when he saw the taller woman's eyes change color. The exact same hot fuchsia pink shade like Julia's. God he is now completely confused to what is going on. Not only did he witness Julia's dark side emerging through anger, now it's Hunter turn to reveal her true self to him. What has this world coming to?

"W-What the hell..." Levi grunted, peering up at the young female beside him, who is holding onto his waist to support him "What in the actual fuck am I seeing?" Julia can only bit her bottom lip to keep her mouth shut, looking away from Levi with pure shame and guilt gleaming from her eyes. 

Not getting an answer out from Julia, Levi had turned his direction back to the fight between Hunter and Carmella's copy cats of herself. Hunter had took down two more demonic entities and dodged one attack caused by the others that hasn't been beaten yet. One of them had grabbed Hunter from behind, like it was giving her a hug. Hunter grunted and thrashed around, managing to flung her head backwards and hit the copy cat's face, crushing it's nose in the process. She quickly thrust her whip towards the creature, grappling it around the neck before pulling the whip's handle back, sending an electric shock on full power. The demon screeched before disappeared into the same red rose petals like the others. 

Three more left, and Hunter had charged towards the one that is the closest. That pathetic winged creature was cowering like a fragile little cat and tried to fly away, but Hunter managed to grab it by the ankle with her trusty electrical whip, using the same technique she used on the others. Two more had also tried to fly away, and Hunter had stabbed one of them through the chest with just her bare hand with the help of her seven inch long black claws. She caught the very last copy cat with her whip, catching it around the neck and electrocuting it. After that, Hunter had yanked her hand out from the wound she created on the last doppelganger aggressively, letting it scream all it wants until it to disappeared, leaving hundreds of those crimson red rose petals to fly in the wind. 

Carmella growled furiously. She moved away from her seat on top of a street lamp and jumped right off, landing in front of the young newborn demon. Hunter smirked more widely, twirling the end of her whip in a mock innocent look of victory. Carmella looked even more angered than before, and went charging towards the bright redhead. Hunter merely grabbed her wrist and twisted it to her back. Carmella screamed out into the night from this agonizing pain, struggling to free herself. 

"Give up now, Carmella. If you don't want me to rip your tail off or feed you to the hell hounds, stay away from Julia and Levi. I won't hesitate to tear you into shreds if you show your face to us again" Hunter twisted the succubus's wrist more harshly. Carmella screamed out some more, her throat nearly teared itself from the inside. She thought she could taste her own blood that's clogging her throat as Hunter grabbed the back of her hair with a free hand "On second thought. Might as well teach you a lesson for hurting those two" 

Just like that. Her gums are leaking with those same black liquidy substance that is somewhat thick like nail polish, coating her pearly white teeth and fangs. Hunter had jerked Carmella's head back more, almost as if she is going to break her neck, but she didn't go too far. Instead, the tall bright redhead sunk her black coated poisoness fangs deep into the succubus's neck. Carmella had indeed screamed in pain, her velvet deep voice mixed with her own demonic raspy tone that is too horrifying for humans to hear. Even Levi is beyond bewildered by it. 

The hot burning sensation of Hunter's black mamba venom had slowly entered into the succubus's bloodstream, crawling it's way through the skin and organs alike. Carmella can definitely feel it's effect torturing within her very being as she continued to thrash around in agony to free herself from Hunter's deadly grip and her fangs. She had no idea a newborn demon has that kind of ability, unless Hunter had inherited from another demon that is either a part of her family or a clan. Either way, this deadly ability is extremely dangerous for the supernatural monsters in low to medium rank classes, but less dangerous towards that are extremely old and in a very high rank class. 

Before Hunter had a chance to pour more venom into Carmella "MUM LOOK OUT!" Julia screamed. Sure enough, Hunter instantly felt an unpleasant presence coming by, and she quickly detached her fangs from the bitch's neck and jumped away before something came crashing down at her from the sky. 

Hunter landed beside Julia, scoffing and spat some venom mixed with Carmella's dark tainted blood to the side in disgust, glaring at whoever fell from the sky like a damn meteor. A tall figure, standing up at least six feet three, dressed in a very long pitch black cloak was in front of the struggling succubus. Hunter and Julia couldn't see it's face, for it was covered by a large hood over it's head. Levi had no clue who that is. Is that thing suppose to be Carmella's ally?

"Who are you!?" Hunter demanded. The figure did not answer.

"AUUUGGGHH! Please help me!" Begged Carmella, withering around on the cemented in pure agony from this horrible burning sensation of Hunter's black mamba venom "I'm begging you! IT HURTS! IT HURTS!" 

"Tch!" The figure slowly bend down to it's knees. It then picked the crying succubus up in what looked like to be princess style, as if it was holding a fragile crying child "Still worthless as ever..." The figure had turned away from the three still standing on the sidewalk.

"STOP!" Julia hollered "Don't you dare walk away from us! Who are you, and what do you want!?" The black and white-haired woman could've swore she saw a smirk under the figure's hood when it turned to stare at her. Still no answer from it. 

The figure turned away from Julia and the others once again. Walking a few feet away, it suddenly jumped towards the closest tall building it can get to and disappeared into the night. Julia was growling furiously, her irises returning back to it's glowing cat split hot fuchsia, and her fangs grew a bit long and sharp. She made a move to take her first in attempt to give chase, but Hunter immediately grabbed angry young woman before she can run after to whoever is under that damn hood.

"Hold it, Julia" Hunter said sternly.

"But mum! It's getting away with Carmella!" Julia shouted angrily, trying to pull her arm free of the redhead's grip. God, Levi had never seen Julia this riled up "She can't get away for what she did to Levi! I must-"

"No!" This time, Hunter scolded "It's too late now, and we're both too exhausted to go after them. Besides, we don't even know who that is yet, and if you go after it, it'll try to kill you"

"Goddamn it...how would you know!?"

"Julia, listen to your bloody senses and instincts right now. I can already sense it's dangerous dark power that is a lot stronger before it fled" 

"But-" 

"Enough! Give it a rest! Right now you need to focus on getting you and Levi to your father's place and get you both patched up. Look at Levi, his head is bleeding, and your wounds needed to be covered with bandages immediately" Julia gritted her teeth and broke eye contact away from Hunter. Though her eyes had returned to it's original autumn red maroon color, Levi can tell that the woman is still beyond pissed, upset, and disappointed. 

Not caring how painful his head felt, Levi drew himself closer to Julia and placed a firm hand on her shoulder, grabbing her attention. Julia reluctantly turned to face him as her long white bangs nearly covered her entire face. 

"Hunter's right you know. It's too dangerous for you to chase after that thing while you're in bad shape" His sharp steel blue eyes narrowed a bit "And don't you fucking get all pissy and stubborn towards her like that for worry about your well-being" 

"What-" 

"Don't fucking say it. You're not a damn five year old or a teenager, so smarten up and stop whining" Julia looked away from him, letting out a small sigh. Hunter can only watch as she wiped her blood and venom soaked lips with the back of her hand.

Levi was right. Julia is acting stubborn, childish, and being reckless. He may sound harsh and all, but Julia knew that he was only trying to knock some sense into her. For god sakes, Julia knew that she is quite easily annoyed or angered, but she honestly never thought that her own reckless actions could almost go that far when she's still in critical condition. She will honestly admit, she did feel terrible for talking back to Hunter and not listen to her. What would Sebastian think if Hunter were to return and told him the bad news of Julia's death? God, Julia never wanted to hurt her father like that, not after what happened ten years ago. 

Hunter had coiled her whip and placed it back onto the strap that is attached to her belt, walking towards Julia's car "I'll drive your both to Sebastian's house. Let's go" 

"But...what about your motorcycle?" Julia asked.

"I'll ask your father to drive me over here later to pick it up" Hunter replied, wheeling her Harley motorcycle over to the side of the apartment building where a small shed is, placing it at the side to hide it "Lets get going. Scotland Yard will be coming over soon" 

"Right..." 

...............................

When they all arrived in Julia's car, Hunter had ended up telling Sebastian what had happened while patching Levi up in the living room. Julia is currently in her room, getting her wounds treated by Hunter's oldest son, Andrew. Sebastian had processed what the redhead told him, and he is not very happy about it. The name, Carmella, had made his blood boil, and the thought of seeing her face to face once again made him feel sick. God damn it all. He thought he killed her ten years ago. How on earth is she still alive?

Once Levi's head is wrapped up in fresh clean bandages, Hunter had left the room to put away the first aid kit. Sebastian had approached the human male and stood beside him, bending down a bit to his small height.

"Do you want something to drink? Tea perhaps?" He asked gently.

Levi sighed "Sure..." 

Sebastian nodded in response and disappeared into the kitchen to make some tea. While he was at it, Hunter came back into the living room and planted herself down onto the a single seated sofa. She rested her arm on the rest, rubbing her temple as Levi stared down at his hands covered in bandages on his lap. He is incredibly exhausted, but Levi still felt bothered by the fact that demons like Carmella actually existed. And what the hell is Julia? What kind of creature is she if she's not even human? Levi can clearly see her demonic looking eyes popping into his head over and over again. It's nothing like her, yet there's no sense in denying it. 

All this time, Julia was something else, more than human. Levi had finally understood her strange in behavior, fast healing ability of just small wounds or scratches that disappeared quickly, Julia's secret anti-aging formula, and her abnormal strength. It all makes sense now. After she had shown her true identity, Levi knew that Julia is not human. She may look like one, but from the way her eyes and teeth change, and how her demonic side had been exposed, she is not. 

One thing that confuses him. Why isn't Levi afraid of her? She looks vicious and bloodthirsty to all humans, but the short older man didn't find her that terrifying. Sure it shocked him at first, but that still doesn't change the fact that his own point of view on her is non-judgmental. When he first saw that demonic side of hers, Levi wondered if it's the real Julia he's been with this whole time. She looked so different with that darker side to her. The old Julia he knew is the one that is kind, sweet, cheery, and compassionate. Yet what he saw that other side of her, Levi can see that savaged bloodthirsty look in her eyes. The savage appearance of a demonic beast. Which is the real Julia? Is the question Levi's been wondering. 

Back at his apartment when Carmella took the form of Julia in order to seduce him. Is it true what she said? About him having different feelings for the young woman? Levi knew that in both myths and legends he used to read about the supernatural in his mid teen years, demons have the ability to see through the deepest depths of desires within a human's heart. It's not just the darkest sins those demonic creatures can see and sense from many humans, they can feel other strong emotions that they view to be unpleasant and detestable. Love. Obviously, positive emotions are not their aim. Demons are only after humans with negative energy they can easily feed off of like fear and such. 

Can Carmella actually feel what he's feeling towards Julia? Levi still couldn't believe it. All this time he ignored this unfamiliar feeling he felt ever since he been friends with the woman, it was clear to him that it was the exact same feeling he felt way back when he first met his high school sweetheart, Petra. Levi had been denying it for so long, even though it's been only eight months since Julia came into his life. He can't just go up to her and blurt out his true feelings. God forbid him for doing so. He is never the type of person to express himself fully ever since his own uncle completely destroyed him from the inside and outside. He had no confidence whatsoever when it comes to these mushy topics, nor does he looked interested to be involved. 

Why now though? Is he afraid that Julia would ended up leaving him if he ever told her about his true feelings? God she might find him unworthy and disgusting to her after Carmella blurted everything out about his life issues. Though there is a part of him that it's his own fault for screaming about his worth in life. But looking back, he can clearly see tears glistening in Julia's eyes when Levi begged Carmella to kill him. She looks absolutely heartbroken. Levi couldn't deny the fact that it was a coward's way out of life. Ending your own life, and he had actually found that kind of opportunity by begging that damned succubus to kill him instead of harming Julia. Now his own selfishness had given Julia sadness, and it made him feel...guilty. Deep down, Levi knew that he is only using Julia as a source of comfort and took her friendship for granted by screaming about his life being not worth to live for. Maybe that's what he was afraid of as well. Ruining the friendship he had with her. And admitting to the fact that he's been using her so that he wouldn't feel so lonely. 

All along, Levi knew that she never showed him pity like any person would do to gain favors because of his drug issues. Julia had shown real compassion, warmth and kindness to him, even though he doesn't need it. She deliberately showed him how much she cared about him by putting up his sour and rude attitude, his cold personality, and stubbornness. Hell, Julia had also managed to put up with all the profanities and insults he has thrown at her. She even felt patient with him as well. During the weekends, Levi would always wait up at different locations to meet up with Julia and spend time with her, as well as waiting for her to show up with the same sweet warm smile he loved so much. Even though he doesn't want to admit that. 

With all that stuff going on in his head, Levi will have to eventually tell Julia about his feelings. If she decides to abandon him or still be friends with him, so be it. He can't just...force her to love him. That's just too cruel. Levi thought that someone like her should deserve someone better than a worthless piece of trash like him. A man who is worthy of her heart. Although, the thought of another man claiming the woman he felt close to hurts. Thinking about it hurts even more, and Levi yelled at himself for being so weak and stupid. 

When Sebastian came into the living him, he handed over Levi a mug of black milk tea, which the short male gladly accept. The tall black-haired man sat himself down on the other sofa that is medium sized beside the larger one, staring at Levi with concern mixed with suspicion. Levi knew that look anywhere. Sebastian is going to ask him questions about the incident with Carmella. 

"How are you feeling?" Sebastian asked.

Levi shrugged in response "Peachy, but fine" 

"Glad that it's just a small minor head injury. Lucky that there's no further damage, or we would've taken you to the hospital" Hunter said, nursing her sore knuckles. 

"Indeed" Sebastian sighed "Now then. About that little incident with Carmella. What was her intention with Levi?" 

"I'm not sure myself. You'll just have to ask Julia about that tomorrow. She's the one who showed up at his apartment when it all happened" 

Levi then piped up "It kinda looks like she wanted to kill me" Sebastian raised a brow.

"Any reasons why she wanted to kill you?" 

"No. She didn't say anything about her own reasons" 

"Hm..." The taller male and Hunter had exchanged each other looks before turning their attention to Levi "I suppose there is no need for us to keep this a secret, now that he had seen and know everything about our world"

"What the hell are you talking about? And what is Carmella anyway?" Levi asked, already looking frustrated.

"Carmella is a succubus" Hunter said "And from the scent she has left on you that both Sebastian and I can easily pick up, she was trying to devour your life force" 

"Wait- What?" 

"That's the succubus's main food source and energy. They usually invade men's dreams by appearing to them as beautiful women in order to seduce them and take their life force" Sebastian explained.

"Not only that, they can also disguise themselves as someone you knew so well to deceive their prey" Hunter also explained "They do have the ability to expose their strong toxin that could easily paralyze all your nerves system in your body to make you vulnerable. Since men's sinful lustful desires are towards women, succubus's were involved. And do you know what their counterpart is?" 

"...Incubus's..." Levi replied in a soft murmur, but loud enough for Hunter and Sebastian to hear "Still...what's Julia got to do with Carmella? Do they know each other before?" 

Sebastian reluctantly answered "...Julia was Carmella's only target. When she was first born into this world, Carmella was furious that I was involved with...a human woman, who eventually became my wife for a short while back in the nineteenth century. I rejected Carmella many times since I find her advances towards me inferior and unpleasant" The tall black-haired male sighed "That's when her jealousy got out of control. After my wife passed away, Carmella tried everything she can to get rid of my daughter, because she believes that Julia is a hindrance. During the year of two thousand...she did successfully tore Julia's heart out...right in front of me" Sebastian clenched his fist in anger, his stomach churning from that awful memory "Now that you and Hunter mentioned that she is somehow still alive...I thought I killed her! She should've stayed dead..." 

"Sebastian, calm down" Hunter said softly "You're getting yourself worked up" 

"Ah- My apologies..." 

"And Julia..." Levi choked back his nerves, embracing for an answer he's been looking for "What is she, if you don't mind me asking? And what about you and Hunter? When I first saw Julia nearly out on a rampage...she looked so different. I couldn't even tell which is the real her or not. You guys look a little weird yourself, no offense" 

Sebastian chuckled, but went back to being serious and answered "Julia is...what you call her a Nephelem. Hunter and I are both demons in human form" 

"Except I'm not born as one however" Hunter spoke "I am what you call a newborn. A former human" 

"Huh. That makes sense, but what the hell is a Nephelem?" 

"Half angel and half demon" The tall redhead answered "After Julia was killed by Carmella...at least we thought she was dead...she miraculously came back to life. When she told her father and I about her mother and how she was resurrected, we were just shocked. But relief at the same time" 

"Jesus...but Sebastian. Didn't you say your wife passed away a long time ago?" 

"Indeed I did. I later found out about her being an angel. I can only guess that her soul had been accepted to be brought up to heaven and became an angel herself. Resurrection like this has never been occurred to anyone on this earth, other than demons bringing back a dead corpse to life and treat them as slaves...Julia told us how her mother had brought her back into the light. It was my wife's life force she had driven into our daughter..."

Levi just couldn't believe his ears. Every spec of truth has been completely spilled out, and it is a bit hard to believe that Julia's family members are a bunch of demons. But the children though. Are they demons as well?

"What about yours and Hunter's children?" 

"All of them are halfbreeds. Half human and half demon" Hunter said.

"And Julia is the only one being both creatures of light and darkness. Is that it?" 

"Yes" Sebastian said "You are correct on that" He then sighed "Even though she's back to us, I still felt a little weary about her safety. She may be half demon and angel now, that still doesn't grantee her life. She can still be killed, one way or another, and I won't let someone like Carmella touch her again. Never..." 

Levi clenched his fist "No shit...there's no way in hell that I'll let that bitch go near your daughter..." He gritted his teeth "But what the hell can I do? I'm not fucking strong enough to go against a damn succubus...Not only that, why didn't Julia tell me any of this?" Sebastian and Hunter had looked at each other once again before turning back to Levi.

"She didn't want to hurt you by showing her true identity to you, Levi" Hunter said "Not only that, she's...afraid that you might try to reveal her true nature to the whole world" 

"Tch! I find it bullshit" Sebastian is clearly not impressed with Levi's choice of words, but he continued to listen anyway, since it's not important to make a fuss over it at the moment. The short man needed to express his feelings after all, so let him be "Even if I already knew, I'm not that fucking stupid enough to let her secret out. Hell, You, her, and the rest of the family could've been guinea pigs to a bunch of fucked up scientists, or worse" The taller male smiled, touched by Levi's words. Even Hunter smiled at that as well. 

"I'm very happy to hear that, Levi. Really, Hunter and I appreciated it. At first I thought you didn't believe us, or that you might find us all crazy" 

"Yeah...if I said I actually saw a real succubus with my own eyes, which I already saw today, yes. Besides, I already knew that demons are real, thanks to Carmella showing her true colors and all..."

"From the looks of it, you really cared about Julia. Am I right?" Hunter spoke softly. 

"...Yeah...it's true" Levi had finished drinking his tea during the conversation and placed his now empty mug down on the glass coffee table "Where is she right now?" 

"She's in her room, resting. The poor girl is still a little shaken up after encountering Carmella" Sebastian nodded in agreement.

"You both don't mind if I see her? Unless if she's sleeping, I won't bother her"

"Oh, no. Go ahead" Hunter said "She's awake" 

"Thanks" And with that, Levi went straight upstairs. Thankfully, he knew where her room is, since he'd been in it twice before when he first came to this house. 

..............................

Levi didn't bother to knock on Julia's bedroom door before coming in. He crept himself inside as quietly as possible, noticing the young woman sitting on the edge of her bed in her summer two piece black and white pajamas. She didn't notice his presence yet, but Levi walked closer to her anyway. He really wanted to see her. To see if she's okay. 

The older human male sat himself down on the edge of the bed, close to the young woman's side. From the nightstand lamp illuminating the entire bedroom, Levi can see clear salty tears leaking out of Julia's eyes. Heavy amounts to be exact, and the corners of her eyes were a bit pinkish red in color. Maybe she's been crying the whole time while sitting around in her room like this. Was it because of how hard Levi was on her two hours ago? It could be, otherwise Julia would've been crying in the first place. Unfortunately, Levi is not too sure what is wrong. 

When he let his own emotions get the best from him after seeing Julia's vulnerable state, Levi had lifted his hand up to the black and white-haired woman's face and wiped away her tears with just his thumb softly and gently. Julia didn't flinch from his touch, but pulled her head away a bit so she can use her wrist and the back of her hand to wipe more tears off her face, sniffling while she's at it. 

"Hey..." Levi whispered "Are you okay?" 

"I-I am...sorry..." 

"No, don't apologies. If there's something that's making you upset, tell me. I want to help" Julia sniffled, lowering her head down to stare at her lap. She suddenly had let more tears falling down to her cheeks, stinging her eyes with it's warm salty liquid. 

"L-Levi...I-I didn't mean to lie to you like that..." Julia had buried her face in her hands, sobbing quietly "I'm so sorry! I never wanted to hurt you if you saw me like that when I attacked Carmella...but you did anyway! And I didn't try to control this bloody demonic side of mine!"

"Julia-" 

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry..." She started gripping onto her front white bangs in frustration, crying some more "When she said about your life issues...I couldn't help but feel even more guilty! I knew all along...about your drug addictions...cutting yourself and all that! I couldn't bring myself to ring those topics up and confront you about them, because I"m afraid that I'll make you upset! Levi...the only reason why you couldn't find all of your razors to cut yourself, or syringes and bottles full of meth in your apartment room, is because I threw them all out without you noticing! I-I thought...that if I threw all those away, you would be able to stop torturing yourself like that!" Julia began to sob a bit harder "You have no idea how terrible it felt to see you like this! I wish I could've done something to help you more! I know seeking help or seeing a council won't help you at all, because I know you'll just reject their offer to help! So I thought...I should help you instead..." 

"Julia, calm down. I'm not pissed or mad about you throwing all those shit of mine away" 

"But...I..." Levi had silenced her by placing a soft gentle hand on her wet cheek, stroking it with his thumb. 

"It's okay...and I'm sorry you had to see all that...also...I'm sorry...for upsetting you earlier" 

"N-No...you were right, and I was acting too childish and reckless back there..." 

"Not that. When I told Carmella about how fucked up my life was, and begging her to kill me like that, I didn't know you cared about me that much. The proof is coming from your crying earlier to..." Levi had smoothed away the crying woman's white bangs away from her face, placing a thick strand behind her ear while continuing to stroke her cheek with such tenderness "Don't cry, Julia. It's going to be okay, I promise" 

"O-Okay..." Julia sniffled, taking a couple of deep breaths to calm down. She slowly turned to face the man beside her, and lowered her teary eyes down at Levi's fully exposed wrists that were covered in scars. Course, the youthful black-haired male forgot to cover those up with just his long white sleeves, and obviously Julia had noticed them right away.

Julia hesitatingly lifted Levi hand, looking closely at the red thin scars defiling his smooth porcelain skin. Levi merely looked away in shame, but Julia didn't say anything about them yet. Instead, he felt her soft thin lips kissing every single scar, along with warm wet tears soaking his skin. Julia had kissed his other scar filled wrist, holding onto his hand tightly yet softly, afraid that she'll crush it with her own brutal strength. She then kissed the back of his hand, interlocking her fingers with his. 

Levi felt the swell of happiness fluttering in his heart. Not even once did Julia judge him for being a depressed suicidal wreck and a junkie. She accepted him for who he is, even though he's not a cool chilled kind of person. Levi may be cold, rude, sarcastic, empathetic, and grumpy, Julia didn't care. And Levi felt more relieved than ever to be able to be himself around her. To him, it was such a good feeling, and he wanted to treasure the moment he and Julia were in right now. There could be a high chance that Julia would accept his feelings. Hopefully. 

But for now, Levi wanted to keep it to himself a little bit more. He needed to give Julia more time as well. He couldn't rush things over, and he never wanted to make the young woman feel uncomfortable. All he wanted was to make her happy. And he'll do anything to keep that smile of hers shining bright. 

Julia had let out a small yawn. Levi took a short glance at the alarm clock, flashing their red numbers that said: 4:00 a.m. God it's already that late? Carmella really did keep him awake, and Julia also looked like she could use a goodnight sleep as well. It may be morning now, but who gives a shit? Levi still hasn't had his beauty rest, even though his insomnia sucks. It's the weekends today, so he can sleep in as much as he wants to.

Yawning, Levi made himself comfortable on the bed before pulling Julia over. Julia slightly yelped at the older man's sudden action, but he placed his index finger over her thin soft lips with a small smirk. Levi then pulled the covers over Julia and himself and buried his nose on top of her head, holding onto her closely and tightly.

"It's really getting late...you look tired..." Julia softly smiled, snuggling in close into Levi's neck.

"I suppose you're right..." She said as Levi started stroking her hair.

"Night, Julia..."

"Goodnight, Levi"

Soon, the two fell asleep within two minutes or so, not caring if the sky became more brighter when the clock hits five a.m. Both of them won't be getting out of bed for quite a long time. 
Music:
1. 7 Hells Battle Theme from Devil May Cry 3 soundtrack (Carmella summoning her doppelgangers and Hunter fighting them all off)
2. White Silence piano version from Tokyo Ghoul sountrack (Bedroom scene between Levi and Julia) 

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