"Faith"

Author's note: Dear readers, this is my first FanFiction, yeah :) I am quite hyped but nervous too. Good to know, for safety reasons (since I have a wild imagination), this story is rated M (mature) because of the planned action. The main character is one that I came up with, but she will closely be connected to Yuri, Conrad and the others. How? You just have to read my story ;) Let's get started…

Oh, but first the disclaimer (out of respect for those awesome authors)!

~ I do not own Kyo Kara Maoh! ~

"Talking"

'Whispering'

'Thoughts'

~Mysterious Voice~

This story …

Yuri is already thirty-five years old, his last visit to the demon world was sixteen years ago. After coming back to Earth some trouble occurred and the portal between both worlds was closed. Today was finally the first contact, but it was not a positive one. Yuri was not the one to enter the demon world, but a fourteen years old girl with coal black hair and eyes was forced to enter that world, using everything she had, not that it was a bad thing to happen though. She would get in a lot of trouble, including a lot of pain and political headaches, but with the help of Conrad and the others she would survive and stay strong until she was able to hug her family again. At least, we hope. This story will focus on the girl, but will have strong ties with Yuri, Conrad and the others. Rated M for safety reasons.

Prologue

'Damn, this just had to happen to me, didn't it?!' the girl whispered as she ran across the docks. She couldn't stop, it would cost her life, or at least her freedom. She kept running as she heard the voices behind her.

Her day had started as a normal day: oversleeping, running to school, taking some exams and going shopping for grocery's after receiving her mother's message. Happily walking through the store and it didn't take long to find all the stuff she needed. Her dad would be coming home this weekend. He wasn't home often, but the time he was it wouldn't be boring for even a second. If she paid closer attention to her surroundings, she wouldn't have gotten into this mess. She would have noticed the danger ...

"Don't let that brat escape!" The yelling made her return to the moment. A group dressed in grey coats were drawing near. Their feet stamping on the ground, coming closer and closer to the girl. She was exhausted, running for at least an hour from the men.

"Pin her down!" One yelled as he tried to jump on her. Luckily for the girl, she was quite athletic, so she was able to dodge the big man. But luck was not by her side when another figure threw a knife. She growled in anger as the knife pierced deep into the back of her leg.

'No way I am getting caught,' she thought by herself as she pulled the knife from her left calf. 'Yikes! That hurts…' But she didn't stop her movement. With a quick move, she used the knife to make the closest man back away and dove into a nearby alley. Running as fast as she could, ignoring the pain and blood from her leg, she reached the end of the dock, only seeing the wide and open sea.

"There she is..." Said one of her attackers, coming from the alley. The girl looked left and right, but all her escape routes were clearly cut off. 'This day can't get any worse,' she thought tiredly.

"No way out, missy." The biggest one sauntered closer with a smirk. "Time to come along, your parents wouldn't want you to get hurt more than you already are."

'Right, the day isn't over yet,' the girl grumbled. Five times she thought it couldn't get any worse, and she had to take it back again. 'I really need to stop invoking Murphy's Law…'

The girl smiled while she stood her ground. She made sure to control her trembling, tired body as she spoke. "As if you care how hurt I am or will get, you probably like this situation." The other men laughed. The biggest and closest one took out a knife.

"Ready, missy?" he asked, while raising his knife.

'No way I can handle him,' she thought. She remembered her dads' advice as she touched her necklace, 'do not overestimate yourself in an upcoming fight, do not be ashamed to retreat when you know you cannot possibly win!' The girl clenched her teeth. 'Fighting is no option, that I know dad, and running with this leg in a situation like this is also out of the question… What about-' But before she could finish her thoughts the big man attacked. The girl escaped the first blow and blocked the second one with the knife she was still holding, but the third strike hit her.

"Gah!" She yelped as she put more distance from her attacker. Blood was seeping out of a cut on her right shoulder. She couldn't do anything but look at the wound before she had to defend herself again. Strike after strike she defended and dodged, receiving some shallow cuts on her arms for her efforts. She also incurred a few wounds on her attacker, but all were shallow.

'This isn't gonna end well,' she thought as she retreated a bit further. 'My leg can't keep this pace up and I lost quite a lot of blood. I need to escape!' She backed further away to the sea, the only way that was free of obstacles. She looked over her shoulder. "What are you gonna do, girly?" the man asked. "There's no way you can escape, you can't swim away and we made sure to block every escape route, including the special one." The girl turned her head towards the man, her eyes full of surprise, turning soon into anger and fear.

"You're Mazoku." She fumed. "Do you even know who I am, who you are attacking!?"

The man snickered and answered "Of course, but do you think we wouldn't aim for you if you were not that special?" He looked back at his group and ordered "the scary thing". One of the man gave him a new weapon, a real long-sword. The man took position, ready to attack and whispered 'Last chance, getting badly hurt and coming with us or coming with us and we treat your wounds. Your choice, missy.'

She snapped. 'No way I am gonna choose either, but…' She was shaking, blood seeping out of her leg. Every part of her body was hurting, how could she escape? What was her best bet to survive, while keeping her freedom? Could she trust those men? Why was she even considering listening to them!? On the point of collapsing the girl suddenly heard a voice.

~ You must escape, but it will cost you. If you do not escape, hell awaits you and someone dear to you, but if you escape you will save more than you think. Use everything you have, be brave and force that door. Do not think but act now! ~

And so, the girl did. She closed her eye for a moment, took a deep breath and smiled. Then she opened her eyes and faced the sea. With the last strength she had in her battered body, she leaped into the sea. As she dove under she concentrated with all her might on her necklace, the present she received from her dad. Images flew before her eyes as she lost consciousness. The last thing she heard was the angry voice of her big attacker shouting her name. "Damn you Lea Shibuya!"

Next chapter …

Lea will find herself in trouble from the moment she arrives in the demon world. Every part of her body hurts. She doesn't have the strength to support herself in this situation. Is somebody going to save her, or will she have to survive this ordeal one her own? Lea is going to meet another big character of the story, but will it be a friend or foe?

Author's note: It's not as easy as I thought! Writing a story is one thing, writing in another language than my native language is another. Thankfully, I have found some beta readers.

Firebirdnamedsam, thank you for proofreading my work!

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