Snake-Lilith looked around and couldn't find Lilith's soul. She cursed every possible word and panicked when she thought of how she was going to face her master without a new soul. Snake-Lilith paced back and forth until the undeniable call of her master forced her to walk into his chambers.

He was on his throne of darkness and looked royally pissed and Snake-Lilith bowed and said, "I beg for you forgiveness Master but Lilith has seemed to have gone onto a plane I have no access to."

He grunted and within a second his hands were around Snake-Lilith's throat and he lifted her a good couple of inches off the ground and made her stare into his now flaming eyes before saying, ""

Snake-Lilith struggled in his grip and said, "I'm sorry but did you ever think that something greater than my power took her soul away from me?"

And with that she was dropped to the ground gasping for air. She then looked up and her master was once again pacing back and forth and saying something she couldn't, or didn't care to, hear. She stood up and that was when her master looked at her and said, ""

"May I ask what makes her soul worth this worry?" Snake-Lilith asked, but she herself felt that Lilith's soul was more precious than her own. Though not because it would be the most powerful one of all but because Snake-Lilith cared about the girl.

Her master glared at her and said, ""

Snake-Lilith shuddered and bowed before leaving hoping that he didn't decide to order anything else before she left.

~oOo~

Lilith's vision was blinded by light and she wondered where she was. Last thing she knew was that she fainted on the battlefield after saying goodbye for that last time to Tyki but... then she couldn't remember anything else. The light then went away and she opened her eyes seeing that she was alone. She got up and walked to a window and what she saw shocked her.

There was a gigantic battle going on between the Exorcists and the Noah and the Noah seemed to have the upper hand at that point. Lilith then noticed that she felt... alone. She wondered how that was possible with Snake-Lilith inside her but she couldn't feel the she-demon inside of her and grew worried.

"What happened when I was passed out?" she thought and then felt as if lightning struck her and she wasn't alone anymore.

"Lilith how did you get back in your body?" Snake-Lilith asked with as much confusion as Lilith felt.

"I don't know, but I thought I was supposed to die and go to your master." Lilith stated.

"Well now that we're back why don't we go out and help your lover?" Snake-Lilith asked with a smirk.

Lilith blushed but chuckled and nodded, followed by her jumping out the window running over to the Noah she loved. Snake-Lilith exited Lilith's body and turned into her snake form as she attacked an un-expecting exorcist. Lilith pulled out her gun-blade, but felt as if she should be doing something... else.

She looked up to the sky just as she dodged an exorcist. Though when she looked to the white haired boy, she immediately felt sorrow and recognized him as one of the ones that killed her dear Emilia. She then tried her best to hide her anger but she attacked him and was blocked by his claws.

Lilith jumped back when she felt her anger fading and he turned his claws into a sword, but now he was missing an arm, and Lilith felt a genuine smile climb onto her face. She placed her weapon down when the blade struck right through her and she received a shocked expression from the boy.

He said, "You're human!"

Lilith nodded and said, "Only when my demon is inside of me am I considered un-human." But the boy attacked again because Lilith was still technically his enemy. And out of nowhere, in the middle of the battle, a thought occurred to Lilith, "I forgot to give you my name! I'm Lilith... though I seem to have forgotten your name if it was ever given to me."

The boy still was serious as he took a swing at her side, which she blocked, "My name is Allen."

Lilith smiled and then she jumped back and ran towards Tyki, but yelled back, "I'll try and make all of this right Allen."

Allen looked confused but chased after her while Lilith felt a sudden tug at her soul towards Snake-Lilith; and that's when she got feeling of what she had to do and took a quick detour to Tyki. When he was in her sights, a red-haired youth was fighting him with a hammer that kept changing sizes. But Tyki punched him with giant purple butterfly aura on his arm, and as Lilith landed next to her love, Allen ran to his comrade.

"Lavi! Are you okay?" Allen asked as he bent down next to Lavi.

Lavi laughed and said, "That was nothing Allen." He then noticed Lilith and Tyki standing pretty closely and joked, "It seems that I can never get a strike without losing them to a Noah. Lulubell was a Noah and now this one is standing closely with another!"

Allen tried to seem like that was funny but he was too concerned to make sure they wouldn't get attacked. Lilith looked up at Tyki and quickly hugged him and kissed him on the cheek saying, "May I never have to part with you in the slightest."

Tyki was confused but was cut off by Lilith crashing her mouth onto his and then her running away. Lilith felt horrible for leaving Tyki with two exorcists to fight by himself, but if her plan went right, this would all be over. Lilith, in no time, was merging with Snake-Lilith and then the latter's voice said, "So you heard the call?" Lilith then moved to a safer place.

Lilith mentally nodded and said, "But it isn't just from your master is it?"

Snake-Lilith said, "No... it's also from God himself... they both want to meet you to offer... a sort of deal"

Lilith smiled and said, "I bet Emilia had something to do with this."

"Why would you think that" Snake-Lilith asked suspiciously.

"She's been up to something... I can feel it." Lilith said.

Then Lilith's wrists were each cut with two small crosses, as were her feet and her forehead. She cried out in pain, more excruciating than she ever felt and when one more cut formed just over her heart, a light enveloped her and she was in an area that she could only describe as contradictions; damned and holy, white and black, beautiful yet ugly, there but not there, here but there.

She then saw two orbs floating in front of her, but they were also complete opposites. One orb was obviously God while the other was obviously the only one Snake-Lilith could ever call master, the devil. The Devil Orb spoke first, in an ancient tongue Lilith didn't understand, and Snake-Lilith was immediately launched out of Lilith's body, the most painful way possible, and placed next to the Devil. Then a light appeared next to the God Orb and Emilia was placed next to God.

Lilith felt her throat was sore from screams and pain, but also from fear and love of the two mighty beings auras and power. God was the first to speak, ""

"" The Devil spoke out.

"What's the deal?" Lilith said without any control.

"" God spoke and Emilia smiled at Lilith.

"" The Devil said and Snake-Lilith looked nervously at Lilith.

Lilith thought about it for a bit and thought about all the stories of people going down to hell and only 1 that she could remember came back... and that was Jesus himself. Lilith then looked towards the Devil Orb and asked, "What's the catch?"

The Devil laughed and said, ""

"" God stated.

Lilith nodded and then said, "Is there anything else that I should be told of?"

The Devil laughed and said, ""

Lilith nodded and thought, "What else can I do? Everything that I know is about to be turned upside down again... and if I don't try how will I know I'll fail... but something still bugs me about this..." she looked to Emilia and Snake-Lilith and they both seemed to be saying 'take-the-deal!'

Lilith took a deep breath and said, "Alright... I'll take this deal."

All was silent until the Devil started to laugh and said, ""

God seemed to smile, ""

The Devil seemed to nod and smirk, "" and a giant hole opened in the ground and stairs as well as a large gust of hot air came out and formed. Lilith started to climb down and the Devil said, "" and with that he was gone, as with God and only Emilia, Lilith, and Snake-Lilith were left.

Lilith looked back at the two strongest supporters of her life and smiled, "Well better get started now rather than later huh?"

They both smiled at her but Snake-Lilith's was more cautious as she said, "We can only tell you if you passed to the next level or any hints allowed... I'm sorry Lilith."

Lilith smiled as Emilia hugged Snake-Lilith and said, "She forgives you. It's not your fault you were created by one who you didn't choose... the only one who doesn't have that excuse is God. Now," Emilia touched Lilith's cheek and said, "WE can still talk to you as long as it doesn't give anything away. And she disappeared into Lilith's body as did Snake-Lilith.

~oOo~

Lilith felt strange having another presence inside of herself... but it was comforting. Lilith walked down the stairs and was glad she dressed light because the heat was already getting to her. She didn't know what to expect but she really hoped that it wouldn't be too easy because if something is easy getting into was harder to get out of.

Emilia and Snake-Lilith both said, "That's unfortunately true."

The way down the stairs was long but she eventually made it to an empty cavern that was too big for her to even see the ends of it. She walked forward for who knows how long and was about to give up until she stepped onto something that gave a hollow sound. She went to her knees and started to dust off the ground and found a wooden latch door with the inscriptions, as if to be funny, ""

Lilith opened the floor door, despite what her instincts were telling her and Emilia and Snake-Lilith said, "Next floor!"

"Just wonderful" Lilith thought, and she climbed down a ladder to another unknown room... and this was just the beginning.