Chapter 1: The Run In

There have been weird rumors after the match our baseball team had – girls that have been hanging around the school distracting all players of all kinds of sports. But who would have thought that I would meet those who I hear of from the rumors.

The classes have ended. Yuri and Murata were walking together at the side of the river path, the sky tangent orange; both maintaining their own slow pace. Yuri, busy thinking of a strategy to win against their next match while Murata followed behind him. The two have spent most of their times together as if best-of-friends.

Murata kept walking behind Yuri without saying a word. He could understand what Yuri would be thinking at the moment; he, himself busy, thinking of something.

'Ah!' a girl with high pitched voice screams with the voice trailing.

'?' Murata and Yuri stopped walking; both students heard the voice coming close heading their way so they turned around only to find out two females getting chased by a group of four men – practically all of the men are students.

Yuri's eyes met with the blond haired girl's blue eyes heading towards them. He couldn't look away from the girl somehow feeling different about the blond haired girl. There is something familiar with the blond haired girl which he couldn't explain.

Murata looked at the blond haired girl surprised as if he had not expected to see the girl.

The blond haired girl looked as surprised as Murata.

The other girl behind the blond haired girl, instead of passing Yuri, accidentally bumped onto Yuri's arm ending up falling into the river with him.

Murata turned his head only to see Yuri already falling body into the water. He noticed something odd in the water and so he followed and jumped into the water without second thoughts.

There is some weird light on the area where Yuri had fallen, something that had never happened before and then appeared a shadow.

'RICA!'

The blond haired girl stopped running and looked back as she heard the other girl call out her name. She quickly acted as she saw the three falls down towards the river. She rushed towards the three and grabbed hold of the closest person she could reach to her, who is Murata. She pulled Murata's upper uniform which she can grasp closest to her hand. Though she wasn't enough strong to pull Murata back on land only to fall into the water herself. She didn't want to let go seeing that her companion dragged in the water.

A big splash which brought back Yuri and Murata in the demon kingdom; Yuri and Murata were both soaking wet head to toe. But it wasn't the time for them to worry about being wet.

Yuri looked a bit surprised thinking that there was a sense like when he first came to the demon kingdom except for the fact that he got forced into a toilet to go into the demon kingdom. He sat on the low leveled man made fountain under the heat of the sun.

Murata stood up and left the water. He faced Yuri and then glanced at the two uninvited guests. He took special notice on the blond haired girl.

Yuri and Murata were at a town a bit far from Walde's castle. People were starting to gather around them.

A soft cough near where Yuri sat. Yuri and Murata looked beside them and saw at the two girls sitting near them. Both wondered how long have they been at their side or how the two girls were even dragged back to the demon world.

The girls were both stunningly beautiful now that Yuri took a good look. The first girl have a chest nut colored curly hair pass elbow dripping wet and light green eyes, she wore something frilly, though unnoticeable soaking wet. The other girl have blond above shoulder hair and light blue eyes, she wore a dark colored set of clothes.

As some people saw them, they fussed over the two black haired boys as if they were big celebrities. The town's people were pleased to see the two dark haired male – the Maou and the Mage. They pushed their way towards the two black haired guys pushing aside the two girls.

'Heika!' a soldier of the castle greeted while descending the horse. It is Dorcas who happen to be on his way for something that Gwendal had requested of him. He left the side of his horse and found his way to the circle of the crowd where Yuri and Murata were being surrounded.

Murata smiled at Dorcas as the soldier came closer to greet them, 'Good timing.' He walked closer to Dorcas to meet the soldier half way. 'Can you have a carriage get us and some towels?'

It wasn't good that the people are starting to crowd around them.

'Hai!' Dorcas immediately complied after saluting. He returned to his horse as soon as he assured that Yuri and Murata were away from the crowd.

Murata and Yuri pushed the two girls away the crowd.

The blond haired girl hit away Murata's hands away from her and her female companion. She looked disgusted to be touched by the two male. She protected her companion the best she can to avoid her companion touched by Yuri and Murata.

Murata just smiled as he glanced at the two girls follow them.