Quick Meme: Demon'Verse

[beckyh2112]

(Yes, I'll get back to my other memes eventually, but I want to play with my shinies right now.)

You may blame my newfound love of the Detective Inspector Chen novels for this entirely.

Previous installments are:
- Ozai and Lu Ten, enjoying life
- Ursa/Ozai, the first impression was... memorableThis AU is Fire Nation-royal centric, so not

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Lu Ten, Ursa; what they expected was not exactly what they got

[beckyh2112]

Uncle is darkly radiant, sucking all the light from a room to shine around him and him alone. Half the time when he walks through the Ministry of War, demons and human souls trail after him like starved dogs. The one time Lu Ten tries to take Uncle out to a blood cafe, there's nearly a riot as people throw themselves at the lust demon, proclaiming their superiority as an escort.

Lu Ten has never, ever seen his uncle with his powers so... blossomed. Sometimes he found himself caught up in the heady, electric feeling, and they fucked on his desk.

Afterwards, though, Uncle's powers still didn't fold themselves away in satiation.

"You," Lu Ten says one day, "have a problem."

"I," Ozai mimics, "have fallen in love."

"You definitely have a problem."

***

"You should meet my family," Ozai murmurs, one wing spread over Ursa as they lie in bed together. They gaze into each other's eyes like lovestruck teenagers, her and her demon, though she can feel his hardness against her thigh.

"Why should we do that?" She asks, shifting her leg to brush against him. "I like it being just the two of us."

The demon rumbls deep in his chest, gold eyes brightening. "But," he says, obviously resisting his baser instincts. For the moment. "If we are to be married..."

"Do demons' mothers harass them about not getting married too?" Ursa asks, grinning at the thought of some harridan nagging her Ozai.

"Yes." Ozai's eyes flick away. "Mother would probably like you... And the old bastard's on one of the lower levels, so we don't have to worry about what Father thinks."

"On one of the lower levels?" Ursa frowns as she tries to remember how the society of Hell works. She thinks, but she is not certain, that means Ozai's father was killed and hasn't yet worked his way back up to being alive. Well, as alive as demons get.

"My brother tore his heart out," Ozai says casually before he kisses her and she forgets all about the madness of demon families.

***

"You should meet her," Ozai says casually, and Lu Ten's instincts grab him by the throat and shake him.

Why hasn't he even heard a rumor of this woman already? Everyone knows Uncle has a taste for war-demons; the Ministry of War should be rife with rumors over who is being bedded by one of the less unpleasant members of the Ministry of Lust.

It should be, and it isn't.

"I'd like that," Lu Ten says mildly, seeming more interested in his stein of blood than in Uncle's offer.

***

"Why is it we have to summon your family up, but you can move freely between Hell and the human world?" Ursa asks, watching as Ozai makes his preparations.

The demon grins at her. "I was summoned to torment and kill you, my dear. Until that's done, my summoning remains in full effect."

"That's comforting."

Ozai dribbles black blood over the circle chalked on the carpets. None of the servants will be happy in the morning, but no one in the entire palace has been happy since Ursa took her demon-lover. He chants in Hell-tongue, and the fire in the center of the circle turns blue.

The demon that emerges is also blue. A deep, dark midnight blue, like clear nights over Ember Island. Black tiger-stripes dusk over his skin, and his eyes are a clear, brilliant gold. Wiry hair is pulled up in mockery of a soldier's topknot, and the features of his face are fine enough for her to see a resemblance to Ozai. He is broad-shoulders and muscular, dressed in metal armor like she has never seen before.

His eyes widen as he lays eyes on her, lips peel back to bare teeth like a tiger's. Black, she thinks, then catches a glint and realizes there are silver characters shining on his teeth.

His teeth are tarnished silver. She blinks.

"A human?" The blue demon snarls, and his voice sounds like the snarl of her father's war-engines. "How could you disgrace yourself with something so insipid, Uncle?"

It looked as if the in-laws wouldn't be much better than her own family about their marriage. Oh well.

Flame ignites on Ursa's fist.

Re: Lu Ten, Ursa; what they expected was not exactly what they got

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One, it's great to know Iroh actually did what needs doing in this universe and got rid of Azulon, and two, I'm sure after they beat the crap out of each other and destroy half the palace Lu Ten and Ursa will be great friends hopefully. I'm definitely sensing some jealously from Lu Ten here, but I may be reading too much into it. This was great, seeing the parallels between Ozai's two existences. Thanks.