Normal POV

It has been a week ever since Amu had told everything to the King and Queen of different kingdoms at the ball. Aruto and Souko have already apologized to each other for blaming the deaths of the king and queen. Though even after apologizing the villagers have been more cautious when they are on the streets. Tadase and his group had left to call his other comrades, to protect both kingdoms from the demons. Ikuto and Utau have been spending more time by themselves more often.

*After 3 days*

Tadase came back to kingdom with his group and more people with him, mostly the top paladins. Tadase passed through gates of the palace and walked straight for the thrown to meet his majesty's. When he got there he and his group kneeled down and introduce the paladins that he brought with him.

"King Aruto, I have brought enough people to protect both kingdoms. Let me introduce them, for the kingdom in Queen Souko's, these are the men."

He pointed to three similar looking guys, "These are what the academy call 'The demon triplets.' They aren't real demons, though they have very swift gun shot and similarly like the Fujisaki twins blade, they are known for their speed. For your kingdom, my group and I will make sure to keep this place safe." Aruto nodded, "I see. Then who are the people behind you?" Tadase looked back and with shock and guilt he replied.

"Forgive me, this is Tsusaka, the top Paladin and Lavi (From D-gray man)." Aruto's expression went to seriousness to friendliness.

"Tsusaka, my friend how have you been?" Aruto gave Tsukasa a hug and patted him. "Fine, your majesty." Everyone looked at them puzzled.

. . .

The paladins went to their assigned places, excluding Tsusaka and Lavi. They were told to go have a chat with Ikuto and Utau. Souko and Aruto have been worried that the demons had a put some spell on them. Minutes later, they were sitting in the meeting room with Ikuto and Utau.

Ikuto's POV

I was wrapped up in my room for the week and half ever since I've seen her. The demon… that killed my mother. That came right at me. She had killed my mother, but why wasn't I angry. Everything was confusing to me now. I had seen that girl in my life and at the same time she was a demon. Everything was a hazy mess.

I heard a slight knock on my and a maid came in, "Master, the King wants you in the meeting room." She nodded and left.

"sigh, Well I guess I should get out of this room for a while." I left the room and started heading towards the meeting room. On the way I met up with Utau.

"Did they also call you over here?" I asked. She nodded .Her eyes were full of sorrow. She was probably thinking about the demons at the party.

I too, was deep in my thoughts for days, but after coming to my senses for once made me feel very tired. Utau and I walked together to the meeting room. When we got there at the doorway there were two guys over there. One was a blonde hair, the other one had red hair.

The one with the blonde came towards us and introduced himself, "Hello there Prince Ikuto, and Princess Utau. I am Tsusaka, I have been working with King Aruto for some time when it comes to killing demons." Just then the red head guy stepped in

"My name is Lavi, I am Tsusaka's apprentice. I practically follow his orders and learn things from him. Nice knowing you guys." He was cheery, to add he had an eye patch. "Since we know each other now, I would like to discuss something with you two." Tsusaka's voice was serious.

He opened the door to the meeting room and we went in. We all sat down in one of the chairs. Tsusaka sat somewhere where he could see both of us. Lavi stood beside him.

"I would like to ask you several questions. Simple ones, there are not complex. Here's question one. Where did you first meet the two demons?" Utau quickly answered that "I first met him in an abandoned alley way."

"Him? You mean there's only one demon?" Lavi asked.

"Not exactly, when Tsukiyomi tried to attack him, another one came and took him away." Utau added. I saw Tsukasa's eyes twitch a bit.

"Here's the next question. Did you hear them mention there names'?" I answered it this time.

"One of them was a girl, she said her name was Amu. The other one I heard, through the argument they had in front of us. His name was Kukai." Again Tsusaka's eyes twitched

"I see so that's their name's. Lavi get the guardians ready. We'll be leaving soon. In the mean time, go get Rima." Lavi looked shocked.

"Sensei, are you sure you want me to call her. She is the…" He stopped after seeing Tsusaka glaring. "Understood." He left just like that.

Tsusaka stood up ready to leave, "Thank you coming here and answering all the questions. May I ask if they said anything else to the Guardians, or to you." We both kept silent for a while, until Utau blurted out.

"They said that they were the ones to kill our mother/father!" She bursted into tears. She sniffed and then said something else, "They also said to defeat the 4 sisters and brothers to the Guardians. Or it would be useless to come after them. (Not exactly)" Tsusaka nodded and left, "Thank you".

I sat there for a few moments then realized where this was leading to, they were going to kill Amu. "Utau, stop crying and listen to me!" Utau lifted her head, eyes filled with tears, face flushed.

"Listen, he just asked us questions so he could know who were the demons, but now he is going to kill both of them." Utau's eyes widened. "Why would they?!"

"It's obvious. They're exorcist, paladins. It's their job. I'm going to go with them. Do you want to come along?"

She sniffed and nodded. She wiped her tears away and took a deep breath, "Let's go when they leave." I smiled. We both left for our rooms. When I got there I changed into the clothes, a white button up shirt, black pants, and a blue coat. I was going to leave my room when I heard a loud girl scream, from outside my room. I opened a crack and looked through the crack.

There I saw a short girl in a clown suit with Lavi. "Rima stop being stubborn, and please help us."

"Why should I help you people. When I first said I would like to help you, you said because I was a half demon I couldn't. Now you want me to help you? Screw you, it's obvious I would've said no, yet you're still asking. How pathetic." She turned towards my way, I quickly hid in case she didn't see me yet. She started heading towards the staircase.

"Mashiro-san don't you at least want to take revenge on the demon that killed your mom?" Tadase said, appearing out of nowhere.

She stopped in front of my door. I wasn't looking this time just in case I was seen.

"What's the point on taking revenge. The one that killed my mother was me. While she was giving birth to me she died after that. A demon baby is different than a human baby. I was the one that killed my mom!" She was crying now. I could tell, her words were choked through crying.

"Mashiro-san, yes that is true but the person that gave birth to you was raped by your so called father. That's why you were born. The fact we need you now is because you are a half demon, and demons could sense each other from a far away distance."

There was a very long silence until.

"Rima" Tadase took in a big breath and said, "I cannot disagree that everything you said was true, but I have to tell you that it is not easy to trust a demon. I might turn my back on you Paladins." Lavi shrugged his shoulders and sighed again.

"If that does happen then we have all the authorities to kill you." Rima wiped away her tears, smiled and nodded.

"So Rima are you going to help us?" Lavi asked.

"If it's for the sake of us humans then I guess I'll do it." She said. "Well, we'll leaving as soon Tsusaka says so." I listened to them leave and also got out of my room.

I started heading towards Utau's room when I heard, "If you're looking for me you're a bit late." I turned around and saw Utau in a dark dress.

I smirked, "Well it seems like you're ready. Shall we get going?" utau nodded and started walking. "I just figured out who Rima is." I said.

"Oh. Who is she?" Utau asked even if she wasn't one bit interested. "She's is a half-demon, in a clown suit and is able to do the basic demon magic, like, mind reading, magic, and sensing other demons nearby."

I waited for Utau's response, but she had none. I looked over to her face seeing her face made me a bit startled. She had a serious face, more serious than she should be. She probably really does love that guy. We walked all the way to the doors without a conversation. When we got there the guardians and Rima were already there. We walked back and started walking for the back door. We got out with no problem. That's when Utau froze at her spot for some reason.

"Utau what's wrong?" I asked.

"Maybe it's just me but it seems as if we're being watched." She said, but turned around and looked all over and looked to her.

"There's nobody." I told her. She still stood where she was. Then I heard someone say something from above.

"You really don't have any instincts do 'ya?" From behind the shadows of a corner came a boy, younger than me. On his head it looked as if he had….. cat ears? "Who are you?" I asked in a tone sounding brave. "That's something I can easily answer for 'ya-nya. But I need you to hand over the girl over there."

"What does she have to do with you? And why don't you answer my previous question first." This time my voice was louder. I saw him sigh and scratched the back of his head. He looked as if he was debating in his head.

"Ugh, the princess is really going to be angry. Hello my name is Yoru, the demon kingdom's black cat, that also explains the cat ear and tail. I have come here to take Utau-san to Master Kukai." Utau head perked up when she heard the demon's name.

"What does he want with me?" She asked eagerly.

"Master Kukai, wanted to talk to you privately. So I don't know what he wants to talk about. I also have a message for you Ikuto-san."

I also for some reason perked up my head. "She said that you're annoying and you should stay away from her until she sees something special in you just like Utau-san." I sweat dropped. 'That's a real nice compliment,' I thought.

"Well shall we go Utau-san?" The catboy extended his hand. Utau hesitated, then took his hand, "Okay. But Ikuto can come as well right?" He looked over to me for a while then heaved a very heavy sigh, "Fine" he said it with no energy.

We walked right around the corner he came from. After turning a few more turns we came over to what it seemed to be an abandoned mansion. "Now then." Cat-boy let go of Utau's hands and started walking back.

Half-way he yelled, "Daichi, would you please guide these two to Mistress Amu, and Master Kukai? I need to rebuild the barrier!" Out of nowhere another boy leaped in front of Utau and me. He seem to really like a lot of sports.

"Sup, my name is Daichi, I'm part of the 4 brothers!" "4 Brothers?" Utau asked. I heard Cat-boy curse very silently. Though not very silently. In a flash the soccer boy was tossed over to the other side.

"Mistress told us not to say anything about that! How can you be careless!?" Yoru's tail flicked back and forth and his ears flattened.

"Geez, sorry Yoru, but you seriously didn't need to do that!" He stood up and wiped the dust off his clothes.

"Well it seems as if the secret had been out before they've met the Master, and Mistress." I turned towards the direction the voice came from. At the doorway of the mansion was green-haired guy in samurai clothing.

"Musashi…" Cat-boy started first but stopped after the so called Musashi glared at him. I heard Musashi give out a big sigh of distress.

"It seems everything has to be done according to Mistress's plans. Master Kukai, wanted to give you a chance to lead Utau-san. But it seems as if Mistress was right. You two are too troublesome. Yoru fix the barrier, Daichi light the way."

"Yes" Yoru and Daichi said it at the same time but they sounded annoyed.

"Please follow me." Again we followed some weird dude. He led us into the mansion. It was dark, and had a lot of cobwebs, though surprisingly we did not trip on anything. After a few minutes later we came upon a black painted door.

"The master has been waiting for your arrival." Musashi said opening the door. "I'm sorry for the wait, Kukai-sama." Utau walked in first, and only saw a table surrounded with four chairs.

"Um…" Utau turned around to ask but when she turned around he had closed the door on us. I sighed.

I walked around to look for a light switch until I heard, "If you're looking for a switch you won't find it, if demons live here." The voice was feminine. I looked over to where the voice came from to meet with honey golden eyes. In the dark I couldn't see her face or body, but her eyes were the only thing visible. I heard Utau squeak, I quickly turned around to see that someone was hugging her waist from behind. I saw its grass-green eyes and knew it was the other demon.

"Kukai light up the candles." The female demon said. "'Kay~" In a second the whole room was lit up with candles. I could see everything now.