The Demon's Nightmare

The Demon's Nightmare is the twentieth chapter of the manga series, Owari no Seraph.

Long Summary
All five of the Moon Demon Squad were surrounding a campfire with Yuu still unconscious. To Yoichi's concern, he suggested that he should go to the city to buy Yuichiro a blanket however, without even notifying the others, Shiho put his uniform jacket over the sleeping friend. Everyone was shocked for a moment and Shiho quickly made an excuse that it'd take Yuichiro long to finish his training if he got sick, which would have delayed his training. Shiho blushed of embarrassment from this and it gave Shinoa a humorous idea. Together with Mitsuba, they reenacted the scene just then with their own thoughts in mind. Shiho denied the scene after they finished their little yaoi shipping of him and Yuichiro. The two then spout out some true traits of Shiho and as he wished that he could kill them. Yoichi also comes in with agreeing that Shiho has the 'gentle charm' and immediately the girls warn him.

The girls then become bored and Mitsuba suggests for Shiho to do a performance to entertain them but he rejected it straightaway. The two go into a little quarrel about Shiho treating his 'superior' badly. Yoichi at the same time wondered how Yuichiro had been out for a long tine and asked if he was okay. Mitsuba responded that he may need more than 20 hours since his Demon Weapon has a lot of strength. Shiho then asked what he was doing whilst sleeping with Shinoa replying that Yuichiro was talking to his Demon Weapon. Shiho was a little shocked and as Shinoa explained that if Yuichiro gets on better terms with his gear, 'the bindings that barely restrain the demon through a curse with loosen a little', and if he let's out more of the demon power, he'd become stronger. But there were risks, meaning that if the restraints were loosing, Yuichiro could risk having his whole body taken over by the demon within his sword. Yoichi became a little worried because Yuichiro might go mad due to him still being unconscious for more than 20 hours. Mitsuba then informed him no, that he had to come in contact with the demon first, which they'd know because there would be a reaction from him. At that moment, Yuichiro's unconscious body gave a huge reaction and Mitsuba ordered the three to help hold him down. However at that point, Horsemen of the Apocalypse arrived. Shiho volunteered to kill them off and told them to protect Yuichiro. Mitsuba warned him not to go too far because if Yuichiro had awoken and went on a rampage, they wouldn't be able to withstand without his help. Shiho took note of that and ran to kill the monsters. Shinoa then put her hand over Yuichiro and encouraged him not to give up.

Yuichiro had woken up in his mind. He had immediately spotted and recognized his Demon Weapon, Asuramaru - who was standing on the hilt of the sword Yuichiro used - and walked up to her. Yuichiro spoke to her in a friendly tone for them to get along better. Asuramaru turned to him and announced to him that she drank his blood and Yuichiro didn't really seem excited but asked her. Yuichiro then thought she was strange and she responded that she was at her true self and complimented that his blood was 'so tasty', also asking for more of it. Yuichiro had noticed that she was talking like a vampire, to which she replied that demons were the mere shadows of what a vampire's used to be. Asuramaru went mad, asking for his blood and every part of him, launching herself at him in attempt to attack him but was chained to the ground. She swore at the curse that was put upon her, with Yuichiro wondering what it was. She told him about the Demon Curse, that it binded demons, like her, into weapons. And when she mentioned the word 'trapped', Yuichiro had a flashback to when he was with Mikaela, when they were livestocks for the vampires.

Yuichiro then asked if the curse was painful, Asuramaru was confused to why he asked it but she said that it wasn't, which made Yuichiro smile. Asuramaru blushed and demanded why he was concerned about her and then told him he was weird after he responded. He continued off where they left off with Asuramaru briefly going through some of the stages. She then had to explain a couple of things to Yuichiro before they could continue on. She informed him about the curse and the contract, also being a little scared of the humans' determination to get their hands on forbidden techniques. She mentioned once able the terrible drug inside Yuichiro but never wanted to go into detail or remind Yuichiro about it as it didn't concern her. She then explained how the process goes with Yuichiro asked if she was still trying to take over his body. She responded with a yes as it was the only objective as to why demons obeyed the humans. She told him that he had to cut her with the sword behind her and crush her heart for him to win. Yuichiro found it simple but as Asuramaru broke out of her chains, she negatively told him it wasn't going to happen. She punched him when she was let out of her chains and he flew back. She then jumped onto his chest asking if he felt pain and told him that he'd have nightmares every time him dealt with her attacks.

Yuichiro was suddenly transported to another place where all his foster siblings lay dead. He heard insults of Mikaela and Akane, blaming him that he turned his best friend and brother into a vampire. It turned out that he was actually having a hallucination and didn't give into it.

Asuramaru assured that he will as the demon curse had gotten weaker and she bite down on his neck to taste him blood.

Yuichiro was then taken to another of his hallucinations where his parents were in the kitchen and he was in the living room. His father had called him the 'spawn of the devil' and asked why he was born. His dad had gotten out a knife after he said that he had to kill the Seraph of the End for the world and Yuichiro had shouted out that he'd be good but his father said that killing him was 'the right thing to do'. Yuichiro had ran out of his parent's apartment and bumped into Akane and Mikaela who were still telling him terrible faults. His father then stabbed him in the shoulder. He was almost convinced that he was going to die but he didn't saying that he still had 'things to do', saying that he had a promise to keep. Mikaela's lighter side was then brought and Yuichiro had agreed to protect the family with him.

He was then brought back to Asuramaru who had thought she had already won. Fortunately for him, he'd already known how she fought and commanded the sword to come to him, which it did. Asuramaru tried to insult him but it didn't work against him anymore as he told her there were many people who might need him, not caring if he was a demon or anything. Asuramaru was a little annoyed and Yuichiro threw his sword in the middle of them and walked up to her. He told her that he wouldn't cut her as she would have had a similar painful nightmare as what he had. He even considered her as a friend, not wanting to hurt her. He told her that he needed her and asked her to help save Mikaela with him and in return, he'd be her friend as he doesn't care if she's a demon. He said that he knew what it was like to be alone and not loved and Asuramaru asked, with a blush, would he love her too which Yuichiro responded with a 'yeah.' At that, Asuramaru agreed to him possessing her and with amazement, her power was absorbed by him when he touched the sword.

Yuichiro had woken up to four people staring down at him closely with blushes on all of their faces. They were relieved that he'd come back and Shiho responded that he gave them some 'serious struggle'. Yuichiro then apologized and told Shiho that he succeeded. Mitsuba then said how she was tired and wanted to delay Shiho training to next week. Shiho became angry and told them he wanted to do it now but Yoichi agreed with Mitsuba and that made Shiho feel a little betrayed, again.

Shinoa asked Yuichiro if he was alright and if his heart hurt from the demon. He told her that he was fine because of them. Shinoa didn't understand it and Yuichiro shook it off.