Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-28718853-20170518205240/@comment-32773838-20170909140052

-"It's been quite some time since I've had to use this..." I say as I undo the magic seal and it starts glowing a dark purple, the pattern visible on my shirt from inside. My whole body gets covered in purple flames, yet I don't get harmed. My hair starts turning white and my body's muscles are getting more tense and the few wrinkles I have disappear, as my shirt gets burned away and two black bulges form on my back before unfolding to reveal two black dragon wings, while wolf ears sprout on my head and a tail grows from my tail bone.

-"D-dad?!" my son asks me with a stunned face.

-"I-it's you?!" the Inari lady that I was having a dinner with asks me in shock as she recognizes me.

-"Jason" I call out to my son "do you see now why your mother and I adopted you?"

Then I half turn my body and leave myself fall down, but instead of falling side first on the pavement, I sink in my shadow, before emerging from the Raiju's shadow, my body assimilated with it, now black and gone from the waist down. I keep getting taller and within seconds I am silently towering behind her as she keeps looking for me, oblivious to my presence. I move my wings and open my arms as I lean towards her, when she realizes that I'm behind her and turns to look at me in the face, her heated expression now replaced by an afraid one.

I fall down on top of her and bear hug her as I close my wings to enclose us before diving once again in our shadow.

-"DAD!" Jason screams as he falls after the Raiju let him once I pounced on her. A giant black arm shoots out of the shadow and catches him, leaving him gently on the ground before melting back in the shadow that now covers the pavement without anyone to be casting it.

The pool of shadow starts getting concentrated in one spot, eventually forming my body. The Raiju is now normal sized, and she lays curled up at my feet, asleep with a peacefull expression on her flushed face.

-"Dad..." Jason calls out to me. "What are you?"

-"The Demon Writer Lord..." the Inari mutters as she looks at me in disbelief.

-"The who?" my son asks in confusion.

-"That's one of the nicknames that I was called as back in the day" I say with a smile at my son. "Very back in the day".

-"B-but how?" the Inari asks me. "The legend says that once you..."

-"Wait, Dad is A LEGEND?!" my son interrupts her.

-"Yes, I am a legend, and as you can see, the legend is wrong" I answer both of their questions. "I didn't die that day, I just run away. I didn't want anyone to know that I survived" I explains as flames cover my torso and the shirt that I was wearing materializes.

-"But, why...?" the Inari asks me.

I look at them before kneeling down and picking up the Raiju effortlessly and laying her over my shoulder.

-"Because I wanted to finally rest" I say with a solemn expression. "My presence changed the world, and I can't say that I didn't like being treated like a hero from both humans and mamono, but I wanted this world to stand on its own feet, not on my back" I say and extend my right arm in front of me and open a portal like the one from Transformers, only this one is purplish instead of neon green. "Follow me and I'll explain" I say as I step in the portal.

I pass out of the other side into our home, my son and the Inari lady follow after a while.

I lay the Raiju on the couch an sit on one of the armchairs, the Inari and my son sitting on the others.

-"Now, for the explanations" I say as I look at each one of them. "You're probably wondering how is it possible for me to exist as a clearly male mamono, unlike the Alps, right?". Both of them nod in silence. "You know that now it is possible for mamono to give rth to human boys, but it's impossible for male mamonos. That's a direct result of my actions".

-"What?!" both of them ask simultaneously.

I lift one hand to silence them before continuing. "I can't explain any further, for it would be not only troublesome, but also difficult to make you believe me. But I'll explain some things. As you know, about 300 years ago, the Second World Laws Tampering War occurred. During that time I had two options; the first was to help the current Demon Lord, the one responsible for all that mess in the first place to once again change this world's Laws or settings".

-"And the other one?" the Inari asks.

-"The second one was to use my power to open a portal that would allow me passage through time and space between overlapping realities" I explain as I lean forward and rest my elbows on my knees, my stare fixed on the coffee table. "Or, to put it more bluntly, to open a gate between worlds".

-"But why would you do that?" my son asks about the elephant in the room.

-"To go to another world" I say and lift my head and look them in the eyes. "My world".

Heavy silence falls in the room.

-"Dad..." my son speaks first. "You mean that..."

-"...You're not from this world?" the Inari finishes Jason's question.

-"Yes" I reply with a sigh. "And when I came here I wasn't a mamono, but a normal human. I became the 'Demon Writer' or 'Doomsday Bringer Demon Lord', a title derived from my power, after I came here".

-"That's not possible..." my son says.

-"Indeed, it's impossible for any man of this world to become a male mamono" I confirm my son's comment. "But if we're talking about me, a man from another world, than it is possible. Though it's more than simple as that" I shake my head. I look at the clock over the fireplace. "It's late. Jason, take care of your girl while I accompany this lady to her home, will you?" I ask him with a teasing smile.

His face flushes, but he doesn't say anything as he sits on the armchair across the couch.

-"Shall we?" I ask as I stand up and open the door for the Inari. She walks out and I close the door behind me once she passes. We walk to the car and I make my wings and tail disappear before sitting in the driver's seat.

The drive to her home-shrine is silent. Once we reach the courtyard of the temple I get out and open her door for her, and walk with her to the door.

-"Sorry for tonight" I say with an apologetic smile.

-"You don't have to apologize " she says with a faint smile. "You don't go for dinner and see a world legend in action".

-"About that" I say abit more seriously. "Could you please keep it a secret about my identity? It would really cause a ruckus if it got out".

-"Don't worry, I won't tell a soul" she gigles and smiles kindly. "After all, I wouldn't like to have flocks of other girls going after my lover".

-"Your lov-" I try to ask but she cuts me off with an unexpected deep kiss on the lips.

-"See you tomorrow " she gigles as she sees my expression before opening the door and waving playfully at me before closing it behind her.

I look at my reflection at the silver bell beside the door, and I smile as I understand why she gigles. I may have made fun about my son getting embarrassed, but my face is blushing as much as his despite me being as old as I am.

When I reach home, I shadowstep through the door and take off my shoes as I make my way to my room. The Raiju isn't on the couch anymore.

I walk down the hall way, and as I pass by Jason's room I hear drowned sighs and bed springs shaking. I walk a bit further before reaching the spot where on the other side of the wall is the least lit corner of my son's room. I make only my face pass through the wall, hidden in the shadows.

Yup, just as I though.

I pull back out my face and resume walking to my room. It's good to know that you have a healthy child.

And maybe a grandchild soon.