"Cerberus, I'm very disappointed. You'll have to be punished for this." Hades scolded, turning to Yui with a worried look on his face. "Are you alright, Yui?" Hades asked, bending down to the teenager. Yui looked up at him, whipping a tear from her eye and nodded. "I'm so sorry about that, I should have warned you about Cerberus's attitude."

"I-it's fine," Yui insisted, giving Hades a forced smile, but the King of the Underworld wasn't fooled by her smile. Yui still shook slightly from fear.

"Still, I will punish him for his actions." Hades said, turning to the three headed guard dog. Yui turned to Cerberus as well. The guard dog was laying on the ground, ears back and letting out soft whines of apology and sorrow. Yui felt a twinge in her heart seeing Cerberus like that and turned to Hades.

"N-no, please don't." Yui cried, causing Hades to turn back to her, surprise in his eyes. "H-he was just doing his job, you can't blame him for that. He didn't know who I was, so he attacked- that's all. It's my fault for not being careful." Yui said, looking down in shame. Hades stared at her, smiling softly.

"You are truly kind, Yui Kusanagi. Alright, I'll let Cerberus off the hook for this." Hades promised, causing Yui to look up and smile.

"Thank you." Yui said. Hades stood up and held out his hand for her to take, carefully helping her up. Yui thanked him and dusted herself off, finding her clothes dirty and slightly ripped. Yui frowned at this. Hades had gone through the trouble to get her clothes and she turned them. Yui looked up, watching at Hades approached Cerberus and pet him on his heads, showing him that he was forgiven. Cerberus immediately perked up, wagging his tail and letting the tongues dangle out of his mouths, whining in relief. Hades smiled at the large dog before turning to Yui.

"It's best to keep this from happening again. Yui, would you come over here?" Hades asked, causing Yui to flinch back.

"W-why?" Yui asked nervously.

"It's alright, he won't bite anymore." Hades assured, holding out his hand, signaling for her to come over. Yui looked over nervously, fiddling with one of the rips in her clothes. As much as she wanted to trust him, the large dog scared her terribly. It seemed like too much to expect her to get near it after what she just went through. She hesitated to get closer, causing Hades to frown and drop down his arm. He strode over to her, stopping in front of her. "Whats wrong? I thought that you would want to give him a chance, after defending him before." Hades questioned.

"W-well, it's more that I knew it wasn't his fault, but, well, I- I don't know..." Yui said, looking down. Hades had a point- she did defend the large dog before, so the least she could do was to give it a quick pet. Yui nervously nodded and took a step forward. Cerberus's tail stops wagging and it froze, staring harshly at Yui as she approached it. She moved quietly and carefully, not wanting to scare it again. Hades moved silently behind her, hoping to give her silent encouragement. But as Yui got close to the large dog, it narrowed its eyes and growled.

Yui flinched back, stepping backwards and thumping into Hades' chest. Cerberus bared his teeth slightly, throwing it's ears back in aggression. Yui remained against Hades chest at the King of the Underworld glared at the large beast. Cerberus stopped growling, but remained agitated by Yui's presents. To petrified by Cerberus's glare, Yui froze stiff as a board. She felt like chains had shackle themselves onto Yui, holding onto her tightly.

Hades couldn't understand why Cerberus would growl at her again. He had obviously defended Yui before, so the large dog should have understood that Yui was off limits. Hades balled his hands into fists, glaring at the large dog. He had to do something to convince Cerberus that Yui was not an enemy, but nothing came to mind. He couldn't yell at Cerberus, since it would upset Yui and he couldn't just leave the problem to sit for another day. There was no guarantee that he would reach her in time next time.

Cerberus was fierce at times and he couldn't let Yui face that. He had accepted others easily, but this was the first time he persisted. Perhaps because Yui was Japanese? The ruler of the underworld of Japan had let Hades take Yui in as a special favor, so she was the only foreign ghost in Hades' underworld.

Still, understanding the problem and fixing it were two entirely different things. Hades racked his brain for ideas and soon came to one solution. Hades looked down at Yui, seeing her shaking in fear against him. Hades, seeing this, pulled on his cloak and wrapped it around Yui. She squeaked, surprised by Hades' sudden boldness. The god wrapped his arms around Yui's figure and held her close to him. Putting his chin on her head, he glared at Cerberus. Cerberus, shocked by his master's sudden action, pulled up its ears and stared at them.

Yui blushed as she was forced against Hades' chest, feeling his arms around her body. She was sure that if her heart was beating, it would have suddenly sped up. Yui found herself stiff, unable to move. She could feel Hades' chin rest on her head and his arms tighten around her. She stood on her tip toes, finding herself in mid air from height difference. Yui jumped slightly when Hades began to walk towards Cerberus.

He loosened his hold on her and took her hand with his big one. His hands were surprisingly warm to her as he twined their fingers. He pulled out her arm and brought it close to Cerberus, who sat still, staring at her. Hades loosened his hold on her hand and Yui reached out, touching the end of Cerberus' middle snout, delicately rubbing its nose. Hades unwrapped himself and Yui took a step forwards, resting her hand fully on Cerberus. The large dog pushed its head into her hand and wagged it's tail.

Feeling bolder, Yui pet a little harder, hearing Cerberus whine in glee. His other heads approached her, one sniffing her while the other poked her other hand. Yui reached out and pet the other head, who also whined in content. Yui felt a smile tug at her lips, petting the heads. Suddenly Cerberus seemed no more threatening than a puppy to Yui.

Hades smiled, watching Yui pet the large guard dog. He let out a sigh of relief, glad that Cerberus finally got the point. He stared at Yui, watching her smile at his pet. It truly was a shame for someone like her to be taken from the world of the living by a petty accident.