《Darkest Hero》chapter 3: Puzzles and Uncles

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Momo growled in anger as she firmly placed the burnt notebook down onto her desk. Sections of the skin on her arms bubbled and sparkled as nesting dolls began to form and drop to the ground.

The owner of the journal, one Izuku Midoriya, had been a brilliant analysts and his notes covered multiple ways to help improve on existing quirks and how to counter and in some cases perminantly neutralise quirks and their weilders. In the entire book there was only three that had permanent neutralization options written down where as everyone had a basic countering guide. The first of these was how to counter Endevor should he ever go on a rampage using household cleaning products to neutralize his fire quirk and make igniting himself a suicidal move. Then there was someone called Eraser-head who could be stopped with a combination of various techniques and other non quirk related methods due to the man's ability to negate the quirk of those he looked at. The final one was of a Bakugo Katsuki, this one was the largest set of notes with everything from use of deodorants, cement, full hand covering shackles, how to treat burns he inflicts, how to neutralize his sweat based explosions with baking soda, signs of him snapping and even his fighting style. It was easy to see the teen was the main bully to the former Izuku Midoriya.

What had really made her angry however was not just what was in the book but the fact that said explosive blonde from the book was on the TV being praised for helping fend off the sludge villain from the other month while said blonde made death threats to "deku" and swore the nerd should return or else. The mere fact the teen had the audacity to say he was the hero was what had set her off.

With a frustrated huff she sat down in her chair, turning the TV off and opening the draw attached to her desk. Inside was the usual, a few pieces of paper, pens and correction liquid and paper clips. Then there was the small puzzle box her parents had given her for her last birthday. Apparently they picked it up at a art show from an eccentric collector who had been trying for years to solve it but never got past the first few steps.

With a resigned sigh Momo picked up the golden box engraved with various symbols and began to turn the faces; a simple tune emerged from the box, played on a mechanism that she could not yet see. Enchanted, she delved further. Though one piece had been removed, the rest did not come readily. Each segment presented a fresh challenge to fingers and mind, the victories rewarded with a further filigree added to the tune.

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A knock at the door gained her attention as she put the puzzle down, the tune stopping.

"Mistress Yaoyoruzo, you must leave at once!" A man's voice called urgently. " Your parents have ordered you come down for supper as you have missed not only lunch and breakfast but last night's supper aswell."

"Very well, I shall be down at once." Momo sighed as she stood up, fixed her ruffled skirt and left the room.

[Happy Hotel]

Izuku Midoriya, youngest demon at Hazbin hotel frowned as he rubbed at his left ear in annoyance. For the past few days there had been an on and off again tune that grew in complexity before stopping. Nobody could figure out where it came from exactly or why only Izuku and Alister seemed to be able to hear it but it annoyed the caine out of them both. With a soft sigh he pulled out his notebook and began to write down notes of what the hotel security cameras were picking up. Vaggie was on front desk as usual, Baxter was raiding the pantry for snacks with Nifty on her break. Charlie was out Front trying to hand out fliers with a bored beyond belief Angel and Alister was standing in the middle of a dark room grinning up at the camera, unmoving as he had been or the past few hours, not even blinking. Infact if it wasn't for the slight manic twitch of the eye, izuku would of said the camera was frozen again.

With a sigh he began to write up, what Baxter was taking and making up a list of potential explosive combinations the angler fish of a scientist could come up with.

The sudden beeping of a teleportation warning got his attention as a red pentagram and a gold circle appeared in the main lobby. With a resigned sigh izuku pressed the intercom system. "Everyone Lucifer and Michael are here." He stated as the mentioned being arrived. Lucifer was a pail skinned Devil with no nose, large horns and fanged teeth wearing a black business suit. Michael was an almost female looking angel who's only tell as a man was the simple and neat mustache that adorned his face.

On the cameras Alister's grin faded in an instant as he hid under the bed, terrified of Michael, much like most staff and residents they were afraid of the angel who could, if he wanted, kick the ass of everyone present bar Lucifer. Vaggie sighed as she slumped at reception and Charlie ran inside with a gleeful squeal of joy.

Say what you will about the heiress of hell but she could get along with just about anybody which really did go to show how much of a bitch Katie Killjoy was.

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With a slight grunt of pain izuku got out of the chair he had been sitting on for the past four hours and made his way to the lobby. During his short time in hell he had come to learn a few things, first that Hell wasn't just one place nor was the seven circles of hell accurate. No hell was a collection of dimensions and pockets of reality that loosely occupied the same area. There was Tarterus the Greek hell and home to several inprisoned deities and mid to high level monsters. There was the Laberinth where the thirteen sects and the beasts lived, the Fields of glass were a wasteland where giant insects with human faces at all in sight and then there was the realm he was in, Inferno or Christian hell as Alister liked to call it, was the most earth like of the realms but still the difference was visible, the massive cave roof and floating pentagram on a orb of black stone being the main two.

Just as there were different realms there was different inhabitants too. Demons, Devils, deities, monsters, Cenobites and leviathans. That and Legion but nobody was quite sure how to categorize that one not even Izuku.

As he arrived in the main lobby with Charlie bouncing excitedly he was treated to what he was beginning to think was a common sight. Lucifer booted open the West wing doors while Michael pushed open the West wing and the two stormed towards one another.

"Lucifer." Michael nodded curtly.

"Bitch." Lucifer snorted.

"Uncle Michael!" Charlie called as she tackled the angel into a hug. She was one of two demons who were aloud to hug the angel and that was because Michael was her uncle and he was a sucker of Charlie's charm and ideas.

"Charls." Michael smiled peacefully as he hugged the blonde back. " How are things going with your hotel?"

"Well, okay?" Charlie gave a strained grin making Vaggie shake her head at her girlfriend's attempt to lie to her uncle.

"There is no need to lie, not everyone wants redemption." Michael replied calmly.

"Oh fucking bite me." Lucifer scoffed. " So what are you doing here feather duster?"

"To put simply paper work mess up on miss Azazel's end is why young Midoriya ended up here." Michael stated calmly.

"Azazel? Isn't she the one who keeps following Angel dust around?" Izuku asked earning a shrug from Vaggie while Charlie nodded.

"The dear has gotten into her head to study love from various realms and chose to start with Hell." Michael stated with a calm shrug.

"Is that all? If so go." Lucifer stated bluntly as he made a shooing motion with his hands.

"Given it was a error on Heaven's behalf and the work Charlie has been putting in of her own violation, father has decided they can visit earth if they behave." Michael stated simply.

"Oh caine no!" Lucifer roared making Izuku jump in fright and dive behind the nearest chair. "No boy is spending time alone with my little girl!"

"They can have a plus one if that is the issue then." Michael smiled calmly as he handed two tickets to each teen. "These will allow you and one other smite free travel to and from earth but not into heaven or holy ground for obvious reasons, father has an image to uphold after all."

"Grandpa is so awesome." Charlie squealed in joy. "I always wanted to see earth!"

Izuku blankly looked down at his tickets, not too sure how to feel about it. His life on earth was horrible and ironically hell had treated him better, he had friends who liked him, even if Vaggie never forgave him for butchering Spanish. He jumped slightly when Vaggie laid a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey, you of all people deserve another chance." Vaggie grinned while izuku blushed at how close she was. Vaggie as a general avoided males and izuku could respect that given how she was treated in life but for whatever reason she acted weirdly around him and he still had no clue what it was.

"Of all the times." Lucifer grumbled in annoyance as he ran his hand down his face in agitation. " Fine whatever now why are you here really? I know you would of came just for that and you were here last month for Charlie's birthday so spill!"

"No need for violence." Michael placated and a disarming smile. " The main reason I'm here is paper work transfers."

Lucifer growled in annoyance as a pair of filed appeared infront of him. "Caine damned paperwork." He growled as he snatched the floating folders from the air. Both were a simple tan colored folder filled with white sheets of paper. In one corner the words "In father we trust" was stamped above a holy cross while in the opposite corner the words "hail satan" imposed over a pentagram was stamped along with the usual transference symbol of a sideways crucifix within a circle. One was labeled Midoriya, the other Yaozuroza.

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