Deep in the high mountains of Japan, where snow never leaves only maybe except in Summer, between the mountains sits a compound nestled and hidden within. Deep laboratories, testing chambers and contained demons even deeper in this place. The compound itself reaches half a kilometer into the ground, at the top its the offices and entrance area, under those are mostly laboratories and storage rooms, at the very bottom lay the testing chambers and contained demons within specialized cells to hold them. Each door is made of titanium with some steel alloys, each about a meter thick, so heavy that it needs to be mechanized–but even then it allows very little containment for the stronger demons, most demons contained here are lower class demons made to be tested or to be used in training of new recruits to the DHC, but some demons here allow themselves to be contained, be it through coercion, force, desire, or others.
Among such demons, in the deeper areas of the Containment chambers, is a young girl about 15 years of age, lays in a white room with no windows and only artificial electronic light that fills the silence of the room with a hum, the walls are pristine white, the floor is pristine white and the ceiling too is pristine white…one would go insane in this room, the girl lays on a bed that luckily to her, is of different color the bed frame itself is white but to her own request the bedsheets are a mix of blue, black and white. The girl herself blends in with the room well, her skin is pale and soft, she has long snow white hair that spills over her shoulders and ends at her waist, she has azure blue eyes that radiate with color. On her head are two horns that slightly curve out from the top of her skull and reach up fairly high, giving her maybe an extra half head of height, though it does not do much for how short this girl is. She's got quite a small frame, even her body does not have much to it maybe except for her better shaped hips and legs. She's currently curled up in bed sheets reading a comic book that she got through a scientist, but her reading is interrupted by the sound of the door unlocking and moving, meaning that she has a visitor.
The girl's eye's dart up to the door like that of a predator about to jump on its prey, but she does not move, soon she sees an older balding man enter the room with a tray of food that appears to be about as appetizing as a shoe.
"It's dinner time Tomia, Doctor Katou wants you healthy and energized for tomorrow's blood tests and endurance training. So we've got a special meal for you that should ensure you feel well enough for it tomorrow!"
Tomia would sit up in the bed, closing the comic book. A bright smile on her face forming, as she threw off her covers she'd reveal that she is currently only in her black simple underwear, clearly not caring much for decency as she hops off the bed and strided up to the food that was placed on a table for her, soon as she sees it the bright smile on her face instantly drops as she looks up at the Scientist.
"Heyy…can't you guys feed me something normal once? Why do I have to eat such slop everyday, you know a young growing girl such as me could use a bit of protein in the form of meat every once in a while? Or maybe a nice soup that hasn't been packaged and frosted up 2 years ago?"
She'd groan and plop down on a chair and scoot under the table before the scientist could even reply to her.
"T-Tomia, you know that its against the protocol to feed you anything that isn't sourced from the kitchen made for demons, the food is not viable for testing an–"
Before he could finish Tomia would interject, simply by bending her head backwards to stare at the scientist with a frown on her face. She spoke with disdain in her voice and quite certain disgust.
"Well maybe why not take a break from testing me for a week? Did you lot ever think of that or are you humans too set on trying to figure out how to pull me apart with ease? Jeez…I mean this slop does not even have salt in it!"
Tomia would say and scoop up a bit of it and bring it to her mouth, and as she put it in her mouth her eyes would go into a frown, with her eyes going a bit grim as she swallowed, then looked to the scientist, turning the chair towards him.
"Hey mister…tell me, what special additive did you sneak into the food hmm?"
She'd sneer, a slight smirk appearing on her face as the face of the scientist would go pale and he'd take a step back away from Tomia, his heart racing in his chest and his breathing getting faster and less steady.
"N-Nothing! It's just your usual meal you know, wh-why would I sneak something into the food, how could I even do that, afterall I'm not in the kitchen!"
He said hastily moving back to the door that had closed not long after he had walked in.
"Mister…don't lie to me, you know…I can taste the Cyanide, not only in the food but I can smell it from your hands"
Tomia would say and slowly stand up as she'd dart from her chair, within the blink of an eye she was up close to the scientist with his hand in her small hands brought up to her face, sniffing them, her clutch on the hand would tighten as her nails would dig into the skin of the scientist, the scientist would yelp in pain as her nails drew blood from him.
"I don't like liars, mister…and I don't like people who try to poison me, it's not a nice thing to do…"
Tomia said, her voice so calm but sinister her rage suppressed behind her calmness only made the scientist more unnerved.
The scientist trembled in fear as this much younger, smaller and visually weaker girl than him was holding onto his hand and digging her nails into his skin.
"I-I had to try! You shouldn't be allowed to live! No matter what the Top Brass of DHC says! You killed Sakamoto! Ripped him to shreds and for what?! You're a monster! A demon, your kind slaughtered my family and you killed many friends of mine, why do you of all beings deserve to live?! While you continue to take the lives of those who don't deserve it!"
The Scientist snapped at her, maybe out of being cornered, or maybe out of fear? Or maybe simply because he knew that what is about to happen next he won't escape no matter what so he wanted to get it through the cameras that are installed near the ceiling of the room.
Tomia on the other hand would just smile and would rip downwards, bringing the man close to her face, making sure to be face to face with him.
"Tell me Mister, what kind of monster treats me the way you all have? Why do I get fed this slop, made to do your stupid tests, pricked with needles and have my blood taken away, while you bastards walk around as if nothing wrong is happening!"
Tomia slowly filling with rage would scowl at the man, her breathing getting heavier as her chest would heave up and down, she'd breathe with her mouth open, letting her sharp canine teeth show almost as if she was ready to bite down into him, but instead as the scientist opened his mouth to speak, before he even got the chance Tomia would violently pull one of her hands to the side…with the scientist hand still in it–Tomia ripped off the man's arm without an issue, as he began screaming in pain and grasping at a place where his arm once used to be with his other healthy arm, all the while the pristine white room was being sprayed with the blood flying out of this man's arm and body.
Tomia would let go off the hand, dropping it on the floor as she'd tense up her hand, making claws appear around her fingers–with a quick swipe she'd thrust her hand through the man's throat and out the back of his neck, his spine ever so slightly poking from the newly made hole. The screaming of the man now fully silenced as Tomia would pull her hand out, her once pure white skin covered in crimson red, her snow white hair too covered in the blood that sprayed across the room. Tomia with a blank face stared down at the corpse of the man with a blank stare she spoke.
"So loud…"
She muttered to herself as the room's light suddenly lit up red and the sounds of an alarm would blare trough behind the door, normal person would not be able to make up of what the comms are saying outside but Tomia being a demon could hear it more than well enough.
"Attention! Subject TI has gotten loose! All available forces down to Sector 8-4C to secure the area, advise maximum caution and ensure safety of all those in a vicinity, if Subject TI is to break out you are clear to Open Fire, nobody is to enter or exit the room, await further orders as Commander Daiko will try to ease up the situation with Subject TI"
Tomia wondered while listening to the communication relay in the hallways "Who is this Subject TI, must be quite a scary demon huh?". In her mind she had already forgotten what she had done as she stepped over the dead body of the scientist and walked down to sit down and eat the slop.
In a dark room, far from this specific area a room filled with monitors and control panels stand two men staring at a monitor showing the terrifying vision of what had just transpired in Tomia's chamber, an older and younger man. The older man is clad in a large cloak of white, gold and red, the decorative pauldrons on his shoulders having a carved Number 1 in them, his hair is grey and he's wearing glasses the look on his face looks upset and tired, the younger man is dressed in a common scientist robe and looks mortified at what had just transpired.
The older man would speak after letting out a heavy sigh as he'd look away from the screen and rubbed his face.
"Miyamoto…how many times have I told you to reel in your men? How many will have to die just because–"
The older man would slam his hand against one of the control panels, letting out a loud metallic boom.
"of your fucking inability to tell your men to try and NOT to kill the demons we capture here? Is it that difficult to understand that you and your people are dealing with something far greater than humans?!"
Miyamoto would tremble as he'd lean back a little, clearly intimidated by the older man as his voice was quite shaky.
"C-Commander Daiko! I-I am truly sorry, I keep telling everyone that, b-but I guess Matsuda had different plans, l-look he was an idiot but he didn't deserve to die like that! He was right, why do we allow this monster to live, can we not just kill her off somehow?"
Commander Gokkumon Daiko would glare down at Miyamoto as if to question if he's being serious right now, the look on his face quite upset.
"No wonder your people are doing such stupid things, look I feel bad for Matsuda also but it's this idea that the demons are monsters and that they should all be killed is what gets your people killed in the first place! Hell I will do you one even better, may I remind you that as a six year old child she was able to kill 4 of my squadmates when we captured her! And trust me, capturing her was not the first thing we were ordered to do…the issue is, we don't KNOW how to kill her, she surpasses the common demons in power that is unimaginable to you. Hell I am pretty sure the only reason she is in containment is because she sees this as her home considering she's been here for about 9 years now, I am quite positive that if she wanted to she could rip out the Titanium door without an issue and tear this entire facility apart with ALL our men in it! So I asked for a protocol to be followed to treat her like a human, and I shall remind you that I demanded that you follow this protocol no matter what…and this is what? The sixth time I have to remind you to not poke the monster that has more destructive power than a nuclear bomb with hopes that you might tame it! I will have to take this up to the Officials of DHC to make them rethink your position as Chief Manager of this facility cause holy shit it's incredible to me how stupid you eggheads are!"
Miyamoto would cover a little as he'd clasp his head in his hands and would shake it.
"G-Gokkumon I'm truly sorry! B-But—"
Gokkumon would step aside and with a resounding voice he'd yell at Miyamoto.
"No more but you blabbering fool! You clearly are fucking overstepping and you're costing the DHC more lives at the hand of your mistreatment, you stick your hand in a fire and expect it to go out?! Shut up already, go take a break or something and let me deal with this shit and clear up your mistakes before we have a calamity on our hands"
Gokkumon said and swung open the door to the control room and then slammed it shut behind him, moving swiftly to the lower levels to try and calm down Tomia, along the way he'd pass around many soldiers who were swiftly moving towards the lower levels, just as he was. He had dealt with Tomia many times before, hell he was the one who brought her in and sometimes treated her like his own daughter, though of course with it feeling different. Gokkumon was known to be currently the Lead and Commander of Japanese DHC, and also one of the best and most Skilled Demon Hunters out there, despite that his reputation preceded him as he was also known as one of the few Demon Hunters who humanised the demons, an opinion that most DHC looks down upon for most DHC is formed by people who lost their loved one's to a demon or live in constant fear of them, but Gokkumon saw the good in Demons. '
Nine years ago he was there during the capture of Tomia, he was not the Number one yet, but he was in a squad that consisted of the top 5 of the best hunters in the Japanese DHC.
His boss was dead set on ridding the world of Demons, his squad came across a demon with a child out in a city one day, it being given away with her eyes flickering red for a second. The demon was the mother of Tomia, with Tomia. Their leader there and then ordered an attack and termination of the demon, Gokkumon objected and refused the order, seeing it as inhumane to attack a mother and a child, demon or not. He was forced aside to not interfere with the objective, he watched as his squadmates committed something terrible, Tomia's mother stood her ground but was shot multiple times, even then she stood guarding her daughter behind her back, she took more shots as she pleaded for the safety of her child, what followed was her body falling to the ground and Tomia crying and tugging on her mother to wake up, as his squad approached, thinking that a Demon child will be easy pickings to finish off with a melee weapon, Tomia reacted out of Survival the little demon lunged at his squadmates and ripped them apart, none of them even had time to react, their armor did little to nothing to protect them from the small claws of this demon child, when blood pooled from their bodies and covered the white hair of her mother, Tomia slumped down again and laid on the chest of her mother, back to begging her to wake up. Gokkumon on that day dodged a bullet, but saw his friends die at the hands of a demon, yet even then his resolve didn't falter, what his squad just did was tear a mother from its child and tried to take away the child too. Gokkumon in hesitation took off his uniform and calmly and gently approached the young Tomia, he spoke in a soft voice.
"Hey…little girl, I've called an ambulance for your mommy, they'll come pick her up soon, will you please come with me? We'll take care of you while she recovers, okay?"
Gokkumon thought back on that day, how hard it must be for Tomia and how he wishes he could do more for her. But this is the best he can offer, she is too dangerous to be let wander outside, but so dangerous that nobody can terminate her…not like Gokkumon would even allow it.
Soon Gokkumon would arrive in front of the Chamber that held Tomia within, he walked past the soldiers holding the line in case she breaks out and as the door opens he steps in, seeing the morbid sight in front of him in the shape of dead Matsuda. Tomia would glare at Gokkumon for a second, still covered in blood and a spoon that nearly picked out the plate of slop already. She thinks for a second, the room is tense as Gokkumon never knows what she'll do, Tomia has been reported to be very randomly active, springing from cheerful to bloodthirsty within seconds. But as Tomia picks up some memories she smiles at the sight of Gokkumon and jumps up from her chair and quickly goes to give him a hug.
"Uncle Gokkumon! Where have you been so long! I haven't seen you for about a month now!"
Tomia proclaims, her voice and face filled with cheer as she wraps her arms around him, the slightly dried blood smearing across Gokkumon's white coat, but that was little trouble to him now as he gave her a gentle hug back. With a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry Tomia, I was just so busy with work lately…I brought you some candy!"
Gokkumon says and ruffles in the back of his coat and pulls out a bag of jellies that Tomia snatches out of his hand and immediately starts unwrapping it and eating them.
"I see they sent another bad man after you huh? You're so strong, dealt with him didn't you?"
Gokkumon says and gives her a gentle pat on the head and then kneels down to be face to face with her.
"Yes…they keep sending horrible people here, they never bring me snacks like you do Uncle…I wish you could stay forever and be with me so that these horrible people would stop showing up"
Tomia would pout a little as she stared at the dead body of the scientist before eating more gummies from the bag again before shoveling them into her mouth.
"I know..I know, but I won't be able to bring you anything if I stay here you know? Besides, I'm sure it will be better from now on, okay? I'll promise to bring you a game console next time I arrive okay? Now, I am just dropping by but I gotta tell you, some ladies will come here to clean up the body and your room later today okay? They're nice ladies and Uncle knows them so you be nice to them too, I'll make sure they will bring you some snacks and a new manga I got you, but I just don't have on myself right now, and I promise to come by sooner next time"
He said in a gentle and reassuring voice as he stood up and gave another pat on Tomia's head again.
Tomia on the other hand would sigh a little and then walk to the table to sit down and finish her slop. Then she'd smile at Gokkumon like a sweet child.
"Very well… I'll be nice, uncle I promise! But do come sooner next time! You promised the same thing last time and didn't come!"
She says and turns to eat again, with a stern but playful voice now.
Calamity avoided, Gokkumon thought to himself as he sighed another sigh of relief and stepped to the door.
"I promise Tomia, take care okay? Bye bye…"
Gokkumon said and left the room, leaning against the metal door as it shut behind him, he looked from side to side and waved everyone off.
"The situation is cleared, everyone back to your posts…don't linger any longer or you could throw her off"
With his command the soldiers ready in the room would nod and walk away. Gokkumon would remain as he placed his hand on the metal door, something in his heart clinched, he never liked leaving Tomia here. He knew that she was a good girl at heart and these outbursts of hers were only when she felt threatened…just like that one time when she was a child, if only he could bring her somewhere safer, or better yet..convince the DHC Officials that she is not a monster, but no matter now. He thought and stepped away, looking back at the door one last time before muttering to himself.
"I'll save you one day…you poor girl"