The Aquarium

Medusa led her friends through the zoo towards the aquarium building. In the dark of the night, the word "Levi's" appeared over the normal "Aquarium" sign. "I never noticed that before," Kyle whispered.

"Levi cloaked it with magic during the day, but wanted to make sure every god and monster knew it was hers," Lucy said. "She and Mammo always have to let everyone know what belongs to them."

Using her keys, Medusa opened a gated door and led the group through a small tunnel. Kyle felt as though the building was warping around him; like the air was becoming thicker with a scent of incense. In a short time, Medusa took them through another door into an impossibly gigantic room filled with different habitats and tanks. The walls climbed at least twenty stories high with almost every floor featuring a different creature. Beings that should have been extinct frolicked in their water. A giant tentacle pressed against the water in the ceiling, leading Kyle to wonder if the Kraken was in there.

"Holy...this is amazing!" Kyle let his arms down as he stared in wonder at the mystical aquarium, completely forgetting about his own nudity.

"Yeah, it's pretty impressive," Lucy agreed. "And this is just the opening attraction."

"Man, can you imagine what good eatin' these fish would be?" Buddy asked.

Medusa held up her arm. "Oh no, you don't! No one's eating the boss' attractions while I'm working!"

"Trust me, she's not kidding," Minotaur said, rolling his eyes. "Gods know I've tried."

Hailey clapped her hands together in excitement. "I've never been part of a demon ritual before! How does this work? Do we go skinny dipping in one of these tanks? Should I draw a pentagram?"

"No! Don't put one of those here!" Lucy shouted. "We're trying to get my powers back, not drain my friends when they get here!"

"Drain?" Kyle asked. "How does a pentagram drain you?"

"The pentagram is a holy symbol! It was used in ancient times to trap demons through holy magic! Why do you think we never actually contact any of those people claiming to worship me?!"

"So, upside down crosses don't work either?" Hailey asked.

"Peter was crucified upside down! And it's holy in Vodou too!" Lucy was absolutely beside herself. "Does everything your people know about me come from those stupid exorcism movies?!"

"...ah'm also a fan of slashers," Buddy offered.

Lucy let out a groan. She reached into her handbag and pulled out her lipstick. "I'll do it myself! Just keep an eye out for those idiot hunters!"

Lucy stormed to a nearby wall and began tracing a figure on it with her lipstick. Kyle couldn't help but stare at her bare ass as she stretched on her toes. Despite having seen her naked all night, he still couldn't help but be bewitched by her beauty.

---

Belle suddenly shot up out of bed with a gasp. Aergia nearly fell out of their shared bed, landing on her bare ass. "What the hell was that? You never do that unless you have a really fucked up dream!"

Belle gripped onto Aergia' arm. "The...Ritual! It's...to...begin!"

"You're kidding! Now?"

"Yes! No...time...to...get...dressed!"

Aergia rolled her eyes. "You're lucky you look so sexy naked. C'mere, babe!"

Scooping her up bridal style, Aergia carried her nude lover in her arms and headed for the fire escape.

---

Levi suddenly shot through the water in Dionysus' pool. She swam as fast as she could to the side and began climbing out. Uriel quickly rose to the surface behind her. "What was that? You're the one who can breathe underwater, right?"

Levi knelt down to face her lover. "Lucy and that guy who helped us are close to performing the Ritual! We need to haul our asses back to my aquarium!"

Uriel meekly looked down at herself. "Uh, babe? We're not exactly dressed for travel."

A small **** started to tug at Uriel's feet. She felt herself being spun around in a circle until she realized she was caught in a small whirlpool. She looked back up at Levi to see her wearing an evil grin.

"Don't you even...!"

"CANNONBALL!"

---

"(BEEEEEELCH!) Whoa, excuse me!"

"You should be! That was weak! You'll never beat the burp record at this rate!"

Bee laughed as she finished the final sip of her "Mama's Biggy Bee Gulp." The wrappers of her patented burgers, fry containers, rib bones, and chicken nuggets boxes lay scattered on the table. "Sorry 'bout takin' so long, Darlin! But a girl's gotta keep her strength up if she's gonna celebrate with you!"

"Hey, who can blame you?" Quetzalcoatl asked. "Those ribs are pretty tasty! If we weren't naked, I'd have to loosen my pants."

As she took her final bite of her triple-decker bull-buster burger, Bee suddenly let out a large cough. She thumped her chest to get her air back.

"You alright there? I've never seen you **** before!"

Bee wiped her hands on a napkin and stood up. "Lucy's havin' a Ritual with her friend! We're needed there, like now!"

The Serpent God smiled. "Oh, it's that kind of demon ritual, huh? Lead the way, 'Darlin!'"

Bee giggled at his attempt at copying her accent. She turned into her fly form and buzzed outside as Quetzalcoatl's small, winged snake form flew after her.

---

"A demon Ritual? With Lucy?"

"I know, right?" Ozzie asked. "About time Lucy found herself a guy worth having! So, what do you two say?"

Ozzie stood before two anthropomorphic animals standing on their hind legs. The Jackal-man exchanged an odd glance with the Cat-woman. "We haven't quite been into orgies for quite some time."

"It's not an orgy, Anubis!" Ozzie corrected. "It's a Ritual! My friend needs her powers back and needs my help! And who better to call than my two favorite party buds!"

"Really?" Bastet asked. "Because the last time you asked us to do this..."

"Look, that convention was part of a bet I made! And I said I was sorry!" Ozzie defended. "But my friend needs me. And I promise, this isn't because I'm trying to make another point about free love and consenting adults. I want to be there for Lucy, and I trust you two more than anyone else to keep this quiet. She's mortified enough as is."

Bastet and Anubis shared another glance before the Cat held up a warning claw. "If our daughter hears about this..."

"I swear, Kebechet won't hear nothing from me," Ozzie promised.

Bastet breathed a sigh of relief while Anubis cracked his knuckles. "Very well, then. Show us the way, old friend."

---

Mammo gripped her bathrobe as tight as she could. "Oh, sweet relief! I've missed you!"

Charity smirked at the small scene as the two sat on the couch in their office. She tightened her own bathrobe as she asked, "Are you sure Lucy's not the Demon Lord of lust? She and her friend handled being naked in public oddly well."

"Trust me, she's got nothing on Ozzie," Mammo said. "She said she'll fight to make 'public indecency' a thing of the past if it takes eternity."

"I see eternity happening first," Charity joked.

Mammo was about to laugh when she felt a chill run up her spine. "Oh, no! Not now!"

Charity became worried at her wife's sudden outburst. "What? What is it?"

Mammo let out a frustrated moan. "Lucy found a stupid spot for her stupid Ritual! We have to go there now! And I just put some clothes on!"

Charity took Mammo's hand and kissed it. "Don't worry, babe. I'll be there with you too."

Mammo smiled as she fished a coin out of her bathrobe. "Alright, then. Let me use my coin to transport us there. Make a wish!"

The Demon Lord flipped the coin and caught it, letting her magic whisk her away. "I wished to be taken to Lucy and her boyfriend."

"I wished for us to do that with our bathrobes. Don't want a repeat of last time."

"Gods, I love you."

---

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow -"

"Will you stop doing that?!" Satie howled.

"Sorry! I'm walking on bare human feet here!" Kassogtha said. "I just recently started this whole 'human form' thing, and we're walking on cobblestone!"

"Couldn't you have teleported us somewhere closer?" Idh-yaa asked.

"I only just started to feel the energy signal!" Satie yelled, scaring the nearby peacocks. "It won't be exact until we..."

Satie trailed off and stared into the distance. "Wait a minute. She's drawing the symbols right now. They're coming from...there!"

"Levi's Aquarium?" Cthulhu asked. "I could've figured that out!"

"Yeah, but then, we wouldn't get to do this sexy workout!" Satie teased. "Doesn't it feel so much better without clothes?"

"No! I'm freezing cold, and we're in public!" Kassogtha shrieked. "Can we get inside this place already so we can get warm?!"

"Alright, alright!" Idh-yaa said. "How haven't you gotten less annoying about cold?"

As they walked, Satie leaned closer to Cthulhu. "You're sure the two of you are related?"

"That's what the test said, anyway."

---

Roxie stared at the map next to Grant. "Okay...if I were an evil demon bent on world domination, where would I choose for a demonic ritual?"

"Maybe she's hiding as one of the animals?" Grant asked.

"Oh, so we should just start blowing away the animals?" Roxie mocked.

"Not what I said!" Grant groaned. "Look, the Devil hid as a snake, right? So, she's probably going to do the same thing again!"

"Unlike some people, she isn't so fucking obvious," Roxie said. "She's got to be hiding somewhere else."

"Like where?"

"Uh..."

Roxie jabbed her finger at a random spot on the map. "Here!"

"...there? You think the Devil is hiding there?"

"Stope questioning my logic! I am 100% sure!"

Roxie held her breath, hoping Grant would buy her lie.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's kill the damn Devil and end this thing!"

The huntress let out a sigh of relief and followed Grant towards their chosen location.