-- Title -- Sympathy for the Devil

-- Author -- Daimon Minerva

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== Chapter == Seven

== Title== Crest's So Called Powers, Meet the Devil

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hizamazuite inori o kakan nai mono mamoritai mune ni juuji o kizamu kono tomerarenai nani ka o osaerareru tamashii o tada shinjitai itsu made mo

[I want to protect those timid creatures those who kneel in prayer I'll even carve a cross in my chest to believe in something unstoppable and the irrepressible spirit now and forever.]

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"I heard about the little fight you had with Skyler," Crest said as she sipped at her tea," I think even the angels heard it above."

I glowered and glared at my tea cup. Crest had invited me to her room and made me sit down to chit-chat with her. This seemed to be like a little tea party that my cousin used to bring me to and I hated it. "I hate him," I growled and my clenched hands that were on top of my lap trembled with fury," I hate Skyler so much."

"No you don't, silly."

I looked up at Crest and she winked. "I hate him! He is so confusing at times and I hate him for that!"

"Lower your voice or those two will hear you," Crest shushed and set her tea cup down," Now, was there anything that Skyler had said which stood out the most?"

"Yeah, he told me that if I had been a girl he'd have fucked me right there. That fucking prick, he's so obnoxious!"

"He say anything else worth relaying to me?"

I glanced into her eyes and frowned suddenly. "Why do you want to know so much anyways? I thought you two hated each other."

Crest smirked and placed her hands on the table. "I just want to know who else he's hurt with his so called -unemotional- aura. Honey, that is just a mask he hides behind and he's so easily broken."

"Maybe by a women, but not by some kid like me."

"Lexion can even break him!"

"Well, their brothers...sort of."

Crest shrugged and I took this time to look around her room. A bed was placed in the far right and it had drapes that hung down to the floor. A dresser was in the left corner with a vanity mirror placed on the top and the walls were painted black. The floor was wooden and so was the ceiling. Crest cleared her throat and I turned to her. "Hm?" I murmered," What is it?"

"Sydney, look, I know how much you like Skyler. You just an't get through to him, can you?" She asked.

"I do not like Skyler!!! Damn!"

Crest laughed and stood up. I was kind of glad she was dressed today and not wearing what I had first met her in. She wore a blouse and a long, red skirt that hovered just above the floor. Her dark, black lustre hair was pulled up messily and it made her face more flawless than ever. She turned to me and spread her arms out. "I know when someone is in love with another! You are so obvious!" She exclaimed with another sudden laugh," Did you tell him that you felt this way?"

"What way? How can I tell someone I like them when I don't?!"

I stood up and headed for the door. "I'm leaving, I want to go home and no one is going to stop me!" I grumbled and threw the door open.

I glanced outside the room and cried out in surprise to see Lex standing there, his hand cupped to his ear. His face dropped and suddenly a smile appeared on his lips. "Oh, hello there, Sydney!" He exclaimed and wandered inside," Hello Crest!"

Crest folded her arms under her chest and frowned. "Lexion, what are you doing out there?" She asked.

I took this as my time to exit and walked back to my room. The walls were decorated with small, round symbols of dragons and vampires. Blood marked the dragons, while the vampires seemed to be feeding off of them and my skin tingled when I came across a symbol of Skyler. He was the only vampire that was not taking part of the feeding process on the dragons and held a woman in his arms. Red was smeared across his face and the woman was drenched in blood from her own throat. His eyes, those are what caught my gaze, his eyes were so intense and evil that I froze in my walk. I just stared at the symbols with hidden pictures and felt my stomach do flip- flops at how violent they were. "You are disturbed by this?" A voice inquired.

I jumped and turned around to see Skyler standing behind me. He wore a longsleeved, black shirt that showed off his defined muscles and black pants. His peppery hair was dry and messy. I turned away from him and fumed. "I don't want to talk to you," I mumbled," Leave me alone."

"You don't want to talk to me?" He asked with a voice of innocence," Why did you talk to me to say you didn't want to talk to me then?"

I didn't reply and suddenly his hands grabbed my wrists hard enough to cause pain. I yelped in surprise as he twirled me around and shoved me against the wall, that allowed enough force to have blood run down my back from the rough surface of the wall. Skyler glared into my eyes and I trembled in fear. "Don't you dare ignore me!" He hissed," I deserve respect! I am far more powerful than you are, child, and I could easily tear you apart with a single finger. Vampires are beings who do not care to have their voice wasted on someone who does not reply and we'd rather drink their blood. So don't fuck with me, or I will kill you and I don't care what Lex would say if I did!"

I swallowed hard and bit down as his nails punctured into my wrists. His body was against mine and the pressure made the rough edges of the wall cut through my shirt, into my flesh. I closed my eyes to avoid his, but his voice billowed into my brain and the agony it caused made me cry out.

[ You cannot hide yourself from me! I will find you and I will exert pain upon you!]

[ Leave me alone!]

Skyler's nails dug deeper and I gasped as his fangs brushed my throat. I felt the blood slide down my neck and my eyes snapped open.

[ You don't tell me what to do! ]

[ I did nothing to you! Leave me alone, you are hurting me!]

Tears caressed my cheeks and I closed my eyes again, tighter than before. I wanted this whole scenerio to end as quickly as possible and wanted the pain of my wrists gone. Still, Skyler's nails dug even deeper and I could feel the blood gushing out of my wrists. My fingers were going cold and my bottom lip quivered as I cried. I couldn't help but cry because the pain was unbearable and my whole body shuddered as his fangs brushed the other side of my neck. "HELP ME!!!!" I screamed.

Skyler's mouth came over mine and my eyes snapped open. His tongue ran over mine and I was too shocked to do anything as he kissed me. Skyler was kissing me and hurting me. His kiss was forceful and it hurt every time he would press his lips to mine. His fangs would cut little nicks into my lips and then his tongue would run over my lips to get the blood. I struggled and it only caused him to hiss then dig his nails deeper. I stopped struggling and stood there, against the wall with Skyler's body over mine. His lips over mine and his tongue enveloped in my mouth. Pain never had to be romantic and I wanted to slip into a coma!

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Crest paced her room and glanced at Lex. "I will do it," she said and stopped pacing.

"Why would you want to do this to him though? Couldn't we leave him as he is?" Lex asked as he dropped back onto her bed.

Crest walked over and sat next to him. "No! Life would be better for him once I do this! Skyler and you would even like it!"

"Crest...I just don't see the point in doing this to him."

"The procedure won't do anything to hurt him! Besides, don't you like women over men!?"

"Wouldn't change the fact that you're going to be doing this to a defenseless boy."

Crest laughed and laid down next to Lex. "Defenseless? He is far from that. I have sympathy for him though...."

Lex looked over at her. "Sympathy?"

"Yes, it's not ever day you get to be in the same room with the Devil."

Lex raised his eyebrows and then looked at the ceiling. "You have sympathy for the devil? Why would you sympathize with him when he is just being pulled between worlds?"

"I have sympathy for him because he has a good life in either worlds and also because he has you two. Lex, you treat him well and yet sometimes you can't hold back your feelings. Skyler on the other hand can't stand the boy because he is the most powerful demon in the underworld and yet it attracts him greatly. He can't seem to stand the fact Sydney doesn't even know he has these great powers at his disposal and it bugs him so much that it makes him more infatuated. All I'm saying is that if I just -alter- Sydney, it'll make Skyler lighten up on him and less likely to abuse him later. Nor will it make you more likely to lose yourself when you two are alone."

Lex nodded slightly. "You can't just make Sydney change," he warned," He'd have to agree."

"Oh, he will. Besides, it'll be good to have the Devil as a woman!" Crest exclaimed.

Lex smiled and closed his eyes. "So, when are you going to change him?"

"Tonight...when he is asleep. I have my ways and then POOF! He's a woman forever! No more worries about being gay, he just can't deal with it and yet....there will be a draw back."

"What's the draw back?"

"He will be a woman, yes. Yet, it will be until a full moon and he will then become the old Sydney! So he won't be stuck as a woman forever. I still want him to be a powerful man, but have the caring essence and sexuality of a woman."

"Transexual?"

"E-No....well...you could say that, but he wouldn't be. Until the next full moon, he will be a woman and then for that whole time after the full moon he'll be the boy. Then so on."

Lex frowned. "You scare me sometimes, Crest, really you do."

Crest nodded and closed her eyes. "Yeah...but I should get some shut eye before doing my magic."

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I opened my eyes and suddenly realized I was in my bed. I shot up, looked around and settled down after confirming that everything was exactly how it was. My head hurt though and my wrists were sore. Bandages were around my wrists and my neck was also as sore as my wrists. My lips felt chapped and suddenly I remembered what had happened. I laid back down and curled up in a fetal position. "That jerk," I murmered," I hate him so much."

I closed my eyes again and found something odd. There were two lumps against my knees, but not really big lumps and I didn't have a pillow with me. I raised my eyebrows and felt a bit different. I looked down at my arms and they were smaller. I didn't feel anything in my lower region and suddenly I felt very scared. "What the hell?" I mumbled and found that my voice had gone a little higher than normal.

I sat up and there was a bounce to my chest. I reached up and manuevered my hands on...

"I have breasts!!!" I exclaimed and jerked my hands away.

I threw the covers off of myself and, not even manly, screamed. I hopped out of my bed and looked down at my legs. They were smaller and I turned to the standing mirror next to my dresser. The person who looked back at me was a girl!

"Eh...egh..uh, what the hell?" I muttered as I reached towards the mirror and touched the reflection.

My eyes were slanted slightly and my face was more feminen. I had maybe a middle b cup size breasts and my body was slimmer, but curvey in the places a boy shouldn't have curves. I felt that my manhood had left me and now I was a full blown woman!

"I can't believe it...I must be dreaming," I said.

"You're not dreaming, Sydney," Crest's voice said from the other side of the room.

I whirled around and sure enough, she was standing near the window. "What is it then!? Is this some kind of sick joke!?" I inquired.

"I did this to you, Sydney. I don't want you to be afraid of your feelings for them anymore and now you can express them openly as a woman."

"You mean...my...my.."

"Yes, that is gone also and now you are like me."

Tears welded up into my eyes and I crawled over my bed to the other side. "Why did you do this to me!? I was happy as a boy!"

"You didn't know how to go about being gay, Sydney. I made it less awkward for you and you should thank me. Besides, the two guys like women better than men and this way. They'll treat you better than before, Skyler won't hurt you again."

I glanced down at my wrists and settled down. "I can't believe you turned me into a woman...how'd you do it anyway?" I asked.

"Simple...I'm part witch and I casted a spell on you. You will be a man again, I promise that. Yet, it will be only on the next full moon and you will stay that way until the one after that," she replied.

I turned and gazed at my reflection. "I have to say something though."

"What is it?"

"I am damn sexy!"

Crest laughed and I turned back to her. "I'm serious! I am a sexy girl!"

"You are, Sydney, you are."

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to be continued....

O___O...sort of a twist to this story. Yeah, kind of weird and like Ranma 1/2, but no...not like that anime. Sydney as a girl...wonder how Skyler and Lex will treat her. Him...Shmale.....hhahahaha. ;;; Hope you stick with the story, it's still yaoi! **you'll see why**. Now off to the next chapter!