(a/n): Ok I am back for round two!! Hopefully I make the story interesting for you guys. I know my story might be a bit out there but I wanted to make a story that would seem interesting and cool. I had always wondered about Hana's past and it just seemed like a good idea at the time and I had this little plot bunny just bouncing around in my head that won't get out. I plan to take the story down a slightly more serious road just for the purposes of the plot and hopefully show some character development and some action while not straying from their true characters. Oh and sorry there was no Vivi in the last chapter ^^; I plan to introduce him and Felten very shortly, actually in this very chapter.

Disclaimer: I unfortunately own nothing...I am just using the characters for my own idle purposes.

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Chapter 2

It was around three thirty in the afternoon and it was about time for Hana to be returning home. Vivi looked at the clock that hung in his living room area before averting his gaze from it and went back to reading his book for the umpteenth time. Felten who sat across from him with legs crossed was sipping on some afternoon tea that had been provided by Toni while he watched Vivi constantly check the time for Hana's arrival. Smirking behind his cup the blonde haired demon felt it was time for his afternoon teasing session to begin. Placing the empty tea cup down on the table Felten let loose his torment.

"Vivi, are you so anxious for Hana-chan to return? I mean it is only three thirty and she should be home shortly, so why do you keep glancing at the clock every minute?" An annoyed stare was the only reply Felten received before he continued his teasing with renewed drive. "You have been doing this since she left and you of all people should know that the more you look at the time the slower time feels to pass." Felten smiled cheerfully as he watched the dark haired demon glare angrily at him. If he were a lesser demon he would have cringed and turned tail at the heated death glare that he was currently receiving, but being of the Baron class and Vivi's long time friend the glare was easily brushed off like dirt on one's shoe. He waited for the demon's reply but was only answered by more stony silence. Knowing that he was pushing his friend's buttons he laughed maniacally on the inside. 'Nothing, is more entertaining that harassing Vivi about Hana-chan' Felten thought to himself, a small smile gracing his lips.

"Who would've guessed that you missed Hana-chan so badly?" Felten added as he closed his eyes to hide the playful gleam in them, and titled his head to the side in thought. "Maybe Vivi is jealous that Momo gets to spend a lot more time with his precious Hana-chan at school. I mean they do sit next to each other and have lunch together..." Felten slowly peeked through his eyelashes to watch the evil aura that was beginning to roll off the dark haired demon sitting across from him. He had apparently hit the nail dead on the head and was getting the expected reaction out of Vivi. It was no hidden fact that Vivi was not pleased that Hana spent so much time away from his side. But what truly got to great demon was that every waking minute that Hana was away from him attending school, she was spending it with the infuriating boy who had taken an interest in his Hana. Deciding that it was in his best interest to not reply to the obvious bait that Felten had laid out, Vivi resumed reading his book albeit that he could no longer concentrate on the object in his hands. Felten gave an exasperated sigh when he saw that Vivi went back to reading his book or was at least trying to. He knew that Vivi cared for the little flower, but he also knew that said black haired demon would never try to act on it because of the fact that he was in huge denial and was also afraid that might hurt Hana. Just like all the flowers that the sweet girl loved to bring Vivi, that she too, would also just wilt and die if he was to ever get to close to her. Instead he preferred to watch from afar and protect her from a distance to ensure her safety. Felten felt somewhat sorry for the poor demon directly in front of him, knowing his situation all too well. Standing up from his seated position on the chair he decided that he had enough of teasing Vivi on that particular topic for the afternoon and announced his intention to leave.

"Vivi, I'm going to go into the town for a bit. I'm going to see if I can get a little gift for Hana-chan's birthday next week." Felten paused to look at Vivi when he got no reply from him. Said demon looked at his friend and nodded to show that he had acknowledged what the blonde idiot...Felten had said.

"So what do you plan to get her then?" Felten inquired. His eyes travelled to look at the sullen Vivi's expression who was holding his book carelessly in his hands, no longer interested in the contents of its pages. 'What was he going to get Hana for her birthday?' Vivi wondered. Hana was going to be sixteen shortly and he had no clue what normal sixteen year old human girls liked, but then again Hana wasn't like any other human he had ever encountered. Hana was simply Hana and no matter what Vivi gave her, he knew that she would cherish it with all her heart. Smiling fondly at the thought Vivi also got up from his position in his chair and decided to join Felten in his hunt for a gift for Hana.

It was now four o'clock and Hana felt horrible for having arrived back home so late, although it was her fault for having reached back to class from lunch break late and thus receiving detention. 'Why does Arakawa-sensei have to be so strict? Hana and Momo were only two minutes late!' she thought moodily to herself with a pout on her lips. The petite girl's frown became a smile when she remembered that she was finally back home and able to once again be with Vivi. Her sluggish pace suddenly became fast as she dashed up the path, long hair whipping madly behind her. Hana couldn't wait to be with Vivi after such a long day at school especially after having to spend extra time there because of her carelessness and with an extra burst of speed darted off in the direction of her home. Bushes rushed past her vision with astounding speed as Hana began to feel the same sensation that she had experienced earlier during school hours. Giggles soon burst forth as Hana enjoyed the feeling once again. 'Hana feels like she is practically flying!!' she thought not wanting this new feeling to stop.

Upon hearing laughter and giggles coming from the path that lead to the mansion Toni looked over the bushed that he was attending to. It was then that he spotted Hana running like no tomorrow towards the house. Smiling at the apparently ecstatic girl who was eager to reach back home, Toni was about to call out to her when he saw something that looked suspiciously like feathers float behind her. Rubbing his eyes madly he looked again to now see what appeared to be a faint shimmering, almost translucent outline of ...white feathers and they seemed to be coming from the girl's back?! 'What in blue blazes...' Toni thought in shock. His eyes were now the size of saucers when the girl started to pick up an unnatural speed and was practically flying towards the mansion laughter and feathers trailing behind her. Toni's facial expression was now that of a fish gasping for breath as he tried to comprehend what he had just seen. 'Where did those wings come from? More importantly how did they come out of Hana-sama's back?!' Toni thought, his mind running a mile a minute trying to process the scene after having witnessing the unexpected event. Finally able to find his voice Toni attempted to garner Hana's attention.

"Hana-sama!!! Please stop!!!" he yelled behind the girl but it had no effect as Hana had just rounded the last bend that lead to the mansion. Toni sighed miserably as he had to drop everything he was doing to now give chase after the girl. Finally at the entrance Hana came to a complete stop, slightly winded but still somewhat riding the high that the run had given her. Toni spotted the petite girl standing at the entrance to the home and hailed her out one last time.

"Hana-sama!!!" At hearing her name being shouted Hana turned around to find the source. It was then that she noticed the red haired demon running down the same path she had just completed.

"Hi Toni!" Hana greeted as she waved at the demon who finally made it to her side. Said demon suddenly grabbed Hana and began to spin her around as he inspected every inch of her being looking for any telltale signs of feathers or transparent wings. Finding nothing of the sort Toni released the confused girl.

"Ne Toni what are you doing?" Hana asked, a look of complete confusion on her face. Toni observed the girl for a little longer before answering her question.

"Nothing really Hana-sama. I just thought I saw a hole in your uniform is all." Toni said nonchalantly, as he smiled at the girl before him. Not really thinking too much on it Hana shrugged it off and just assumed it was another one of Toni's quirks. She returned the smile in kind as Toni opened the door and welcomed her home. Dashing inside Hana spun around the living room looking for Vivi. Noticing that he wasn't where he would normally be when she returned from school Hana turned to Toni.

"Toni, do you know where Vivi went?" Hana asked.

Both Vivi-sama and Felten-sama went into the town for a bit. They should be back shortly since they left a little while ago." Toni replied as he watched Hana's crestfallen expression. "Maybe you should do your home-work to pass the time till they return?" he offered still on the lookout for any signs of wings. Hana sighed dejectedly in response to Toni's suggestion. She had really wanted to spend some time with Vivi before she had to do such a tedious task such as home-work but it seemed like today was just shaping up to be one of those days where nothing really went your way. Turning away from Toni, Hana made her way up the stairs towards her room at a considerably slower pace than the one she had earlier this afternoon. Toni watched the girl walk away as if she was walking to her impending doom and then was soon out of his sights. Toni flopped down on one of the chairs in the living room with a sigh as he thought back to what he had witnessed earlier. Even though he saw what seemed to be feathers maybe even wings sprout out from Hana's back there seemed to be no evidence that supported this event. The girl seemed to be fine, practically normal as the day she was brought to them, when he inspected her up close. It puzzled and somewhat worried him as he had never seen such a thing occur and without any warning whatsoever and there seemed to be no plausible answer. Toni ran his hand through his normally neat hair and looked towards the direction of Hana's room.

"What on earth is going on with you Hana-sama?"

It was now six in the evening and Vivi had finally returned after a long yet fruitful journey into the town with Felten. He had managed to obtain a gift for Hana which he thought was appropriate for a human girl of sixteen, a dainty golden charm bracelet with which new charms could be added on every year when her birthday rolled around again. He thought it was quite a convenient gift as it eliminated the hassle of trying to find and think of a new gift to get Hana each time. Pleased with his purchase Vivi went to place the gift away in his room away from where Hana might stumble across it.

The black haired demon proceeded to walk up the stairs when he was intercepted by Toni who had a look of relief at seeing Vivi finally arrive home.

"Vivi-sama I have something of importance to talk to you about Hana-sama" Vivi expression of calmness soon went to that of alarm at hearing what Toni had just said to him.

"What happened to Hana? Don't tell me that stupid King did something to her again." He seethed as an aura of displeasure drifted off of him. Toni shrank back in fear of his master's anger before he spoke up.

"Oh nothing of the sort, with regards to Lucifer-sama, he has not done anything to Hana-sama." A breath of relief left Vivi lungs as the ominous aura dissipated as quickly as it had came.

"Then what is it?" Vivi asked, as he observed his long time butler.

"Well...it's just that I noticed something strange about Hana-sama this afternoon when she came back home." Toni paused while gauging his master's facial expression. Vivi's face remained neutral as he nodded for Toni to continue what he saying. "I was trimming the hedges outside when I saw Hana-sama running up the path. When I decided to announce my presence...I'm not sure I saw correctly...maybe it was the sunlight playing tricks on my eyes..." Toni began to ramble. Annoyed that his servant was not getting to the point Vivi yelled at his servant.

"Toni would you get to the point?!" A small noise was emitted from Toni as he was reprimanded for his ramblings.

"Sorry Vivi-sama." said Toni his head bowed in apology. Vivi nodded his head in acknowledgement and gave him the cue to continue.

"Well yes, it was just that as Hana-sama was running it seemed that feathers or wings of some sort had appeared behind her form. Although they were translucent in appearance I for one know that those things were not supposed to be coming out of her back. Yet when I inspected her back there was nothing there!" Toni finally finished. Vivi watched the red haired demon that stood before him and weighed what he said. 'Hana sprouting wings? Impossible! The girl was as human as any other human out there. Besides if she wasn't then he would have sensed that difference the day she was brought to him, even more so when she went to the demon world and was surrounded by other demons. Hell, even the stupid King would have noticed something was different about Hana and would have held that against Vivi if she was any different from a normal human being.' Vivi pondered to himself. He brushed off Toni's worry with a flick of his wrist.

"It was probably just your eyes playing tricks on you with the sunlight. Don't think anything much on it." Vivi dismissed the notion and ended the discussion on that note. "Anyway, I am going to check on Hana and see how she is doing." And with that Vivi walked off in the direction of Hana's room. Toni sighed for the millionth time this evening as he went back to his duties as a servant in Vivi's household. 'Maybe it was really just his eyesight and there was nothing going on with Hana.' He thought to himself. He shook his head free of the thoughts, deciding that he had spent enough time dillydallying and headed off to the kitchen to help in the preparation of dinner.

Vivi knocked on the door that lead to Hana's room and waited. When no response came he opened the door gently only to see the small girl of fifteen spread out on her desk fast asleep home-work papers spread askew all over. He walked over to where she lay and tenderly brushed her hair out of her face. A mummer escaped her lips that not even Vivi's demonic hearing could pick up as he watched her bury her head deeper into the crook of her arms. His gaze now travelled down to her back. He saw nothing out of the ordinary that Toni had previously mentioned. Now satisfied that he had checked up on Hana for the evening, Vivi turned around and left the room silently closing the door behind him. Walking away from her room Vivi decided that he would summon one of the maids to wake Hana when dinner was but for now he would let the girl sleep on for a bit longer.

(a/n): Ok and that's it for chapter 2!!! Yay!! Sorry I took so long to update. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I am so happy I got so many hits! ^_^ I didn't really think anyone would look at my story. Anyways please review if you want as this would be greatly appreciated. Feedback is always nice since it would help me improve the quality of the story plus I would like to know what you guys think. Sorry not much Vivi and Hana interaction this rounds, maybe next time...til then...

Ja ne!