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A World Above and Below

Chapter 1: The Demoness, the Bull and the Gauntlets

(Thanks to Wolf Slivermane for the Plot development and Idea brainstorming sessions)

4,000 Years ago, The Two gods, Patrokalos: The God of Light and Lucifer: The God of Darkness watched a Universe like ours develop with Humanity exploring the deepest Regions of the Universe with ease, perfecting the cure to any disease or Illness and World Peace had been achieved. Life was simple and Humanity seemed to have finally done what it had considered its goals...

However... Human-kind still hungered for Power, curiosity burned deep inside the souls of every Man, Woman and Child. Humanity soon decided to explore the very idea that had been plaguing their minds ever since a similar Medieval time and perhaps before that: Religion, the very idea of Gods and the two sanctuaries of the dead: Heaven and Hell, this disturbed both Patrokalos and Lucifer for this was something Humankind was not meant to do and Patrokalos's rules were all but wiped away by Time.

The Two feared the damage that Humanity could to the Millions of Universes as well as the Two gods themselves, they soon came together and decided to clear the slate, before obtaining a number of Species throughout time, obtaining a massive collection before wiping away the knowledge and technology Man and every other species that had been created before creating a New world and placing the Species on the earth, Life seemed to have a Fresh start for Humanity, but Lucifer couldn't pry away from the new world ripe for destruction and power, he gave the world Demons and temptations the last world hadn't even dreamed of...

Lucifer spawned Weapons for the many species to wield and create chaos amongst themselves while Demons occasionally showed up to administer the urge to destroy and kill, Patrokalos: fearing that this would happen, sent down his own Weapons and Angels, to clear and save the Minds of the New World Furs and to stop the Demons from destroying the New World, and so History repeated itself once more, Fur and Human kind discovering emotions, Rage, lust and peace as they fought, loved and lived, a Certain few obtained the Holy or Demonic Weapons while even less learnt about their properties and how to forge their own.

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An Anthropomorphic Bull shut his Laptop, the Religious story stretching his tolerance as he rubbed his Black spiked hair and stood up, his bulky frame stretching the Muscle and Fat stored within him as his Maroon leather Coat and Grey shirt draped down him, he scratched his Black Cargo pants as it rubbed against his Dark Brown fur.

The Bull soon stopped and upon hearing a strange noise outside, Curious and having a slight fear of having someone break in. His name was Taur, and the Bull knew little about the Religious past nor the fact that this was a second try of the world as did many Furs and Humans, he opened the door to find nothing but the familiar surroundings of his Grass lawn, he decided to investigate the noise before his Foot forcefully collided with a Steel box, the resulting impact made Taur's face scrunch up with pain.

"GAH! Fuck!" He grunted as he looked the Stationary box, 'What the?... Since when did packages come in Steel? Is it a bomb?! No... If it was my kick would've probably blown it up...' Taur thought to himself as he rubbed his foot through his shoe, staring at the box, half curious of its origins and the other half suspicious of it. He picked it up and brought it inside.

"I don't remember ordering anything like this... Is it somekind of promotion thing?" He asked himself, while others may have considered talking to themselves a sign of madness, Taur was used it, having his parents barely home gave him a lot of time to himself and with that time came some odd behaviours: including talking to yourslf. Taur put the box on the bench and studied it, it was steel with Carbon black for the main body while a Steel frame surrounded the Edges and Corners of the box, odd markings were covering the steel edges as Taur scratched his head, not remembering what language it was, little did he know: the Language was dead to all but a certain species.

"Well, I should try and crack it open. It could be an invitation to some new Chinese place." He shrugged as he undid the two snap locks on the sides before looking to the middle mechanisms, while it looking complex with several gears, a faded yellow stone and a lever, Taur looked at it, studying it as he felt an idea at the back of his mind, it was stupid in his opinion but he didn't think he'd break it as he clenched his fist and punched the stone, rolling it back as the gears snap into the crevasses of the rock, completing the mechanisms as the box clicked open, a small crack opened the box only to have smoke rush out, Taur coughed and waved the smoke away, the smell lingering as he opened the Box quickly, fearing there would be a fire inside.

"Shit I knew the fucking box was a- huh?" Taur soon stopped as the shimmer of the Metallic items soon caught his attention, staring at Two Shiny Red Scaled Gauntlets, Layered steel in the shaped of diamonds as a large Yellow Gem laid over most of the back of the gauntlet in a Red Steel ring in the centre of the Hand piece whilst as a thick Black Rubber laid as the glove and the palm piece.

"The... hell? What kind of Cosplay costume is this?" He asked himself quietly, slightly, picking up the two Gauntlets as Taur struggled to carry them, despite his naturally strong muscle from his Father.

"Nope, not fake, its real steel... Damn these are heavy..." Taur grunted as he placed them on the table and checked the rest of the Box for anything else before he noticed a small Card with a picture of a Beaker with the Liquid changing colour as it moved in the light. Taur flipped the card around to read it.

"Dear Caliso Family, we are delighted to inform you that we have recovered and sent you a Family Heirloom dating back to Medieval Times- Wait seriously?! This thing is from medieval times?!" Taur exclaimed as he glanced over at the shining Gauntlet, it had been from Medieval times and having worn an actual suit of Knight's Armour, Taur remembered that it was pretty heavy and the Gauntlets carried the same weight as the Suit of Armour so it was safe to assume that is was in fact of Medieval times. The bull kept reading, eager to find out who in his family had owned the Gauntlet.

"While the Original Bearer's body is yet to be found and matched with the Heirloom, we hope you can be entrusted with such a marvellous Treasure, we will contact you when we can. Love, Dr S. Entrus of Relic Labs... Love?" Taur thought as he turned to the Gauntlets, now even more curious as he put the Rose scented card down and approached the Gauntlets, staring as he poked the claws where the fingers were supposed to enter, to Taur the Gauntlets seemed strange, the claws were so large and thick that it'd be difficult to pick up anything except for a Sword. Taur studied it before peering inside the Gauntlet, only to see darkness.

"Well... I guess it is a Family Heirloom, and I'm a part of said family... So I suppose it's ok for me to try them on." He reasoned with his doubts as Taur slowly slid his hands then arms into the Gauntlets, it felt loose and furry as his fingers slid into the Clawed hands, Taur feeling the temperature in the room rise as he raised his hands, now covered by the Gauntlets as he felt stronger now that he wore the Gauntlets as admired their red Shine, his fingers looking like Claws before he felt something wrong, the Gauntlets started to tighten, Taur didn't see any Belts or Straps on the Gauntlet which made him worry more as he pulled and struggled to loosen the Gauntlets, trying to pull his arm from the accursed Gauntlet, tightening around the bull's arms.

"Gah! Let go you damn thing!" He shouted at it, the pain and tightening now unbearable as Taur cried out in agony as barbs and blades jabbed and slid into his skin as they went deeper as the Gauntlet went deeper. Taur felt his energy fade away as his vision became blurred, struggling to stand as his legs shook.

"The... fuck..." The weakened Bull wheezed as he fell to the ground, the blades in his arms fading as he looked to the Hallway where a breeze and an unnatural heat blew onto his fur and Hair as saw a woman rise from a Purple portal, Taur tried to fight or at least watch the intruder but he couldn't in his weakened state as he felt his eyes close as the Warm breeze lured him to sleep. Hours later he woke up, his arms and hands feeling a lot lighter but Taur could still feel the rubber on his skin, 'What... happened?' He thought as he sat up sluggishly as he looked down to see the Gauntlets, now lighter as he moved his fingers inside the Gauntlets, the Claws now light and easy to move as he also noticed a physical change, his once round belly had now been converted to tightly packed abdominal muscle and his arms had even more large pulsing Muscle than what he normally had, he felt his body pulse with power as he grinned slightly.

"Holy shit... I'm hot!" Taur grinned as he looked to the Gauntlets, feeling they had something to do with it as the Yellow gems glowed.

"Thank you Relic Labs!" Taur laughed before been interrupted.

"And myself Taur, you would have never gotten them without my researchhhhh~" A Light voice cooed as Taur stood up as he looked for the voice, wondering if it was the Woman figure he saw before blacking out, the Bull ran to the Kitchen in an attempt to find the voice before it escaped, Taur skidded into the Kitchen to see a slim woman with Black hair and Blue eyes and Black Lipstick, with small curled yellow horns, Wearing a revealing Purple and Black Corset as her E Size Bust moved as she leant in for another Chocolate, revealing her Laced Black Underwear and Purple High heeled Shoes as a Black tail with a Triangle tip waved in air as she ate his mom's favourite Chocolate before moving to get a half full wine glass in her hand as she hummed before turning to the Bull.

"So the Hellfire Gauntlets accepted you, hm, I'm not surprised, Bulls carry a larger Testosterone amount than humans and many bulls are easily angered making your kind a better candidate for rage experiments." The Mystery woman smiled slyly before taking a sip of her drink as Taur took a step forward, slightly angry at the comment of his species.

"Ok I'm going to ignore that and you're going to answer my questions." Taur growled as the Mystery girl laughed before putting the glass down and standing up, her bat wings rising from her upper back.

"Oh? And just what makes you think that?" She giggled as Taur felt himself take a step back, 'What the hell?! Is she part Human part bat? Maybe she's a Mutation... Yeah! That's it! That'd explain how she phased through the floor!' Taur convinced himself in his mind as he grinned in confidence, partially thanks to the Gauntlet now filling him with newfound Power as he raised a fist.

"Because if you don't, I'll kick your ass!" Taur smirked as the Mystery woman laughed, buckling over as she laughed harder, the bull growled loudly, he hated been laughed at as he roared and threw his armoured fist at her, his reflexes heightened and speed double as it instantly collided... with her palm. Taur froze, he was an experienced and talented boxer and with all this power it should have dislocated her jaw, but she caught his fist effortlessly.

"H... How?" Taur said quietly, his voice shaking as the Mystery woman raised a thin eyebrow.

"Well, One: I researched the Hellfire Gauntlets for years, Two: You were boring and slow." She sighed as she pushed his fist back as a wave of air and force slammed into Taur as he was sent flying into a Wall before falling off and crashing to the floor, taking some of the House's wall with it.

"Ow..." Taur grunted as he stood up, still shaken with the impact and returning force of the hit, as the Mystery woman dusted off her hands before stretching, her breasts bouncing as her Bat wings flapped. Taur watched the pale white breasts bounce with her stretch as he blushed at her lewd clothing, a box of Tissues landed in Taur's lap as the Mystery woman grinned.

"You're bleeding." She said with a slight grin of satisfaction as Taur didn't feel any bleeding anywhere on his body, his back hurt but he was sure it wasn't bleeding, he sat for a few seconds before rubbing his nose only to find Blood on his claws. Taur soon rushed and wiped his nose clean of the blood as the Mystery Woman laughed.

"Hm, you've got the potential to have a corrupt soul, Ok, I'll tell you what: You have 3 questions, I'll answer them truthfully, but after you use these right now, you're coming with me, regardless." She smiled with a sinister look in her eye, Taur stood up, around a head and a half taller than her, the first Question had to asking about who she was, the question was burning in his mind.

"Ok then, who are you?" Taur asked as the Mystery Woman swallowed another mouthful of her odd drink before licking her lips clean of it.

"I... am Sonya Entrenus, High Demon and Head of the Demonic Relics. Also second best Soul collector in all of Hell." The Demon said with a smile, as she posed, looking ready for a Photoshoot, Taur smelt the blood on her breath as he glanced to the Wine glass, it was still thick with blood as Taur gulped silently at the realization.

"Uh... Ok 'Sonya', Why are you here?" Taur asked as she thought about the question before sitting down and crossing her legs.

"Hmmm, aside from checking to see if that Relic bonded well to you, I'm also supposed to take you to Hell and teach you about a World you didn't even know existed, well... that and make your life a living hell." Sonya laughed as Taur felt a bit pale, while the new world bit sounded fun and exciting, the whole thing about Hell threw away any hope of him not dying.

"Am I going to Die? Because if I am I want my last request to be to not die a virgin." Taur pleaded as Sonya laughed so hard she fell off the Stool, Taur puffing out at how much this wasn't serious to her before she eventually stood up.

"Ahhh, Taur you're funny, you're not supposed to die yet but I may help you not be virgin... or maybe not~" Sonya grinned as she flicked her hand, A red portal appearing as it spun in Taur's kitchen, Taur however was focused on one irregularity.

"How the hell do you know my name?" Taur asked with wide eyes as Sonya walked behind Taur, her hands rubbing his shoulders.

"Ah Ah Ahhh, I said 3 Questions, Naughty boy." The Demoness teased before pushing Taur through the portal as he cried out at the sudden push as he fell in, Sonya picked up her drink and sculled it empty before spinning on the spot and fell into the Portal Backwards as it shrunk to nothing before the two were spat out in the air. Taur falling like a brick as Sonya dived, cackling at Taur's yelling as he tried to slow his fall, Sonya sighed and dived down further, wrapping her tail around Taur's waist and her arms around Taur's chest.

"Hold on you stupid Bull." She sighed as her wings flared out, the fall now slowed as Sonya grunted from the surprise impact and the weight she carried as Taur sighed in relief.

"Thank you Sonya." Taur said, now looking around as he saw the Hexagon Paths and Curved buildings, some as Skyscrapers whilst others seem to defy the laws of Space and physics as Taur looked up to Sonya.

"Where are we going?" Taur asked as he passed a Crocodile fur, the Croc staring at Taur before flying away, Sonya grunted as Taur felt her grip on him loosen before he could see another portal, changing from Red to Blue as Taur saw Sonya grin, he grew nervous while Sonya looked down at him.

"To a little village I know." The Demoness smirked as the pair flew closer towards the swirling portal.

"You'll know the Region as England." She added with a smile while Taur started to go pale before diving into the Portal as it closed behind them, the two soon ended up in the cool grass lands of England and it's wilderness as Taur crashed and skidded along the dirt, groaning in pain as Sonya flew out gracefully before landing softly on the Dirt track as she sighed, rubbing her wings and Tail.

"Do me a favour and lose a bit of weight before corrupting your soul, you're a heavy Fur." Sonya groaned lightly as Taur grunted whilst trying to stand up, the impact stinging as he noted his Gauntlets were strangely not scratched or dirtied by the light impact.

"Ngh... Shut up, I could've walked." He protested as he dusted himself off, looking around for any landmarks, he'd never been to England before, he thought it'd be a bit more populated as Sonya read his facial signs and stroked his tail.

"You could've escaped if I let you walk, and you know it's the Countryside right? Not the mega city you've heard so much from Stereotypes, like how a Bull's Member is supposedly as long as their Horns~" Sonya teased as Taur pulled his tail away from her, glancing up at his somewhat-large Yellow Horns before puffing.

"Whatever... So why'd you bring me out here anyway?" Taur asked before the ground started to shake, Sonya putting a finger on her chin as she hummed, pretending to think as Taur looked around for the Source of the shaking.

"Hmmm... Oh yeah! I have to teach you something vital to exploring the hidden sides of the World! Fighting! Namely: Beating the snot out of creatures like this one!" Sonya giggled as she flew behind Taur before he turned to the large shadow casting over him as he saw the creature was at least two stories high, having a faded brown on its skin, two fangs sprouting from the lower jaw as they rested on both sides of the jaw as the Monster looked down at Taur with three yellow eyes with black pupils, wearing nothing but a Loincloth which Taur silently thanked whoever was up there for the piece of clothing covering the Troll's member.

"That's a Troll! Good luck Taur! Try not to die, I don't want to have to find another User all over again!" Sonya supported as she sat ontop of a tree 10 metres from Taur.

"You are fucking kidding me..." Taur muttered as the Troll grunted and roared at the sight of Taur as Taur's Gauntlets glowed, preparing for the fight.

(PS: Feel free to give a review if you like and for those of you wondering about any Pokemon Origins I may have... That may be discussed later or perhaps in another story)