Dancing with death-ch.2: Ambush

Dancing with death-ch.2: Ambush

"Adell; I'm bored. Entertain me." Rozalin demanded again. This was the 17th time in the last hour. Which was exactly how long ago we left. This demon may be the princess of the Netherworld, but she is so damn annoying. Never in my life, have I gotten a headache this bad.
"Adell..remember your promise; get her home...alive." I mumbled to myself. Rozalin poked my neck. I sighed and looked at her.
"What do you want me to do? I'm not very entertaining; now if you don't mind Rozalin; I'd like to get you back home as soon as possible so I can defeat your father then go on with my life." I said harshly. I was very annoyed right now. I was forced to escort the demon princess Rozalin back to the Overlord; the man I swore to defeat. In no way was any of this supposed to happen; something must have been wrong with the ritual..maybe too many zombie teeth?
"Then let's just stop for a little while. Just a little bit?" Rozalin replied seductively.
"Gahh!" I muttered; blushing darkly. Rozalin smiled in triumph; knowing that she easily got the best of me. That was one of the things I hated most about demons; especially demon women, able to easily get you to follow any command that they utter. But I was stronger than that; I only gave up because if I didn't, Rozalin would have just complained more.
"Thanks Adell. I'm glad you agreed to stop; because now you are going to die!" Rozalin said as a bunch of demons rushed at me. She planned an ambush for me!? Or it was just absolute coincidence. These were low level demons; but there was a lot of them; making it hard to get away from them; which is when it's most fun. I smiled and grabbed one of the demons.
"Crimson..Flame!" I yelled as the demon combusted in a flurry of violent flames. All of the demons backed up slightly. I had clearly killed the strongest one there. I cracked my knuckles and ran at them. Within seconds; all of the demons were dead, except for Rozalin of course.
"W-wow." Rozalin muttered as I sat down. There wasn't even a scratch on me; which sort of suprised me as well. I expected to at least be a little bit damaged.
"I should have warned you; I'm no amatuer at what I do. I am a demon hunter; and the best there is in the entire Netherworld. I don't get killed easily." I informed Rozalin. She was clearly shocked and probably a bit impressed that I managed to kill them all; but now I was tired. Using Crimson Flame took quite a bit out of me.
"I see. But I highly doubt you would survive a fight against me." Rozalin challenged. I laughed.
"I don't really know what most demons are like; but personally; I don't fight women. It's not my style." I replied truthfully.
"Well your 'style' is gonna get you killed eventually." Rozalin warned. I smiled slightly. She might be right; but if it does come to that; I wouldn't walk away from that fight alive. No matter what the situation is; I will not fight a women. It just isn't what I do.
"Be that as it may; it's how I work. I don't fight women, end of story. But it's also my style to never turn down a fight." I replied; yawning slightly. I needed to lay down for a bit and sleep; even if it was just for a moment.
"Adell; you look tired. Are you okay?" Rozalin asked curiously. I nodded slightly.
"I'm just gonna lay down for a second.. I'm out of energy; from using Crimson Flame." I said hazily. Rozalin smiled as I closed my eyes. I fell asleep for a few minutes before waking up. I looked around and saw that I has holding onto Rozalin's wrist and she was looking at me; shocked.
"You caught my hand..in your sleep?" Rozalin muttered. I smiled and let go of her wrist.
"Yeah; I do that. My mother told me that I'm even more dangerous in my sleep because there is nothing to stop me. You tried to slap me to wake me up and I caught it in self defense. You're lucky I woke up; or I might have hurt you." I apologized. Rozalin smiled slightly.
"You are looking a bit recharged. So let's go. I wanna get home; I hate it out here." Rozalin complained. I sighed. Of course, Rozalin wakes me up just to complain to me. I swear if I ever get married; I will marry someone that can't talk. Then at least I won't have constant headaches.
"Alright let's go. We need to get somewhere safe before nightfall. A lot of demons come out at night and if I die; you'll never get home. So I guess if you want to make it back to the palace; either hurry up when we are travelling; or help me kill any demon that oppose us. Deal?" I offered.
"Fine. But you had better get me back there alive." Rozalin demanded. I smiled slightly.
"I promise.. I'll get you back home safely. And I will not let anyone harm you." I replied. Rozalin looked at me curiously.
"Adell; you weren't always this unstable were you..What caused you to become the demon hunter; instead of just being a defender of your hometown?" Rozalin asked curiously.
"That's what I started out doing..just protecting my hometown from demons. And then I left the village..once. I was surrounded by demons as soon as I got away from the village; and I fought them all of..and I loved it. The thrill of the fight; the absolute thrill of fighting something that would kill me without a second thought. I got back to the village and just couldn't stay. I left that night; and returned two weeks later; covered in the blood of demons; earning myself the title: Demon Hunter. My obsession with fighting had a dark influence on my mind; and I became the best demon hunter in the entire Netherworld. After that day; I could never resist accepting a fight; and I made sure to train my mind to keep in the outragous thoughts that flooded into my mind anytime a demon was near; replacing the thoughts with a metronome and a hum; so that anytime a demon is near that will fight me; a hum starts in my head, and I will attack them. But I made it so that I could only move with the metronome in a fight...like I'm dancing.." I explained looking down slightly. I wasn't proud of how I obtained the title of Demon Hunter. But it didn't mean that I didn't like what I did; because I absolutely loved it. I loved fighting demons; or fighting in general; it was fun to me. But I had specifically told everyone else to never leave the village; or demons would kill them..to protect my siblings I told them that. But the truth was..I didn't want them to become the way I was; they needed to live their own lives.
"I know. You talk in your sleep. A lot. You said a bunch of personal stuff; like where you learned how to fight, where you hid everything from your siblings and your mom. Stuff like that. But also how impossible you think defeating my father will be." Rozalin replied. I chuckled. My mother always told me I slept like I was dead; guess she lied to me to figure out everything I never wanted to tell her. Which would explain how she always knew what I got her anytime I got her something for her birthday or something.
"Come on Rozalin. We've got to get moving.. It'll be dark soon and trust me; you do not want to see me fight while I'm tired or possibly even asleep. I get very..reckless when I sleep and fight. Let's just say; if you fight with me when I'm asleep; I'd probably end up attacking you." I said standing up. Rozalin quickly got up and we started walking towards the Overlord's palace; just a little bit behind schedule..it would be dark very soon; and we were pretty far from the closest town. Things tonight would be..interesting.