Yuri and Wolfram were tied up with their hands behind their backs, whilst being shoved to stand with the rest of the group of prisoners. Thankfully, Yuri was still wearing his brown wig to hide his black hair, but that still didn't ease the nerves swimming around him to knowing that his baby sister wasn't any to be seen whilst their ship was being attacked by pirates.

And what made his nerves worse, were what the pirates said about there being a prize. He knew that they were calling someone a prize, as they described the prize of having friends and being beautiful. But it suddenly clicked to him when the pirates went to their room in order to claim their 'prize' and if they had his baby sister then he would lose his temper completely.

The prisoners were put into a huge group on one side of the top deck whilst the pirates boarded the woman and children onto their boat. Wolfram and Yuri were quickly scanning through the crowd but began to panic when they couldn't see Yumi anywhere.

Wolfram, not taking his eyes off of the crowd, whispered to his double black friend "Yuri, I can't see Yumi anywhere. She isn't in the crowd unless she's on their ship."

Yuri grits his teeth with irritation "neither can I." His eyes widen with hope as he turns to the blonde "maybe she's with Conrad, as I don't see him anywhere. Maybe he found Yumi and they hid somewhere."

Wolfram looks to him then shakes his "no Yuri I don't think so."

"Why not?"

Wolfram nods in the direction behind him "because Lord Weller is standing over there."

Yuri follows his gaze to see Conrad standing on the other side of the group. His face sketched with both worry and irritation. When Conrad looks to them and sees that Yumi isn't with them either, he clenches his fists tight by his side, feeling helpless to not being able to do anything and not being able to find his goddaughter.

A pirate with green hair walks up to the one in charge and smiles "we found the prize boss."

The boss pirate smiles wickedly "well it's about time. Bring her forward."

The pirate with green hair nods then walks to where Yuri and Wolfram can't see. He returns a second later with a group of other pirates behind him, with someone in their grasp. Yuri and Wolfram watch the pirates carefully to see them holding a girl wearing a hat.

They can't see her face, but they recognise the clothing of the girl. The white long sleeved blouse and the royal blue feminine waistcoat that clings to her torso and hips, the black pants and heeled medium heeled boots. If only the girl didn't have the hat on her head, Yuri and Wolfram would have known who she was straight away.

The boss grabs the girl by the chin and roughly jerks her face up to look at him. His eyes filled with lust "aren't you just a pretty little thing."

He reaches up to remove her hat when she catches his hand and digs her fingernails into his skin causing him to wince. She looks up to him and smirks "let me give you a prize of your own." The pirate boss opens his mouth to say something but is stopped when she twists his wrist and jumps backward, flipping in the air and kicking the boss under the chin.

The girl lands in a crouching position then looks to the boss to see him holding his throbbing chin. He recomposes himself then glares to the girl. He points his sword to her "get a hold of her, the kid said she was feisty but I had no idea she was this much."

Five other pirates circle her with their swords ready. The girl looks to them in her crouching position then looks to the ground. She sighs then stands "okay this was not how I wanted this to end but you leave me no choice."

Yuri's, Wolfram's and Conrad's eyes widen with recognition to the girls voice. Her face is still hidden by her hat but Yuri would recognise that voice anywhere "Yumi."

She readies herself into a position where she can see all five pirates and clenches her fists. The pirate to her left, charges at her with his sword held high. She slides to the side to dodge the sword then kicks the pirate in shin, making him fall forward.

The pirate behind her reaches out to grab arm and pulls her towards him. She throws her elbow back to hit his chest then head-butts his face, making him let go of her arm which she swings toward him and connects her loose fist with his jaw, causing him to fall on the ground, also dropping his sword to land in front of her feet.

Two of the pirates run up to her from behind. She smirks then places a foot on the sword in front of her feet then slides it behind her, causing the pirates to step on it then fall forward. She jumps backwards then flips, landing safely on her feet behind the two pirates on the ground now in front of her.

A high pitched scream causes her to turn to look at the pirates' ship. When she looks to the source, the sight makes her grit her teeth. A pirate is pulling at one of a little girl's ponytails dragging her to their ship while she cries out for her father.

Heathcrife turns and gasps "Beatrice!"

Beatrice looks to him "Papa! Help me! Papa!" The pirate looks down to her and reaches for his sword to cut off her ponytail.

Yuri and Wolfram struggle against their restraints "that bastard!"

Yumi, thinking quickly, bends down and picks up one of the pirates swords. She straightens her left arm out straight in front of her whilst she holds the tip of the blade with her right hand and aims for the sword in the pirate's hand. Throwing back her arm, she throws the sword toward the pirate's hand. Everyone watching gasps to the worry of her hitting Beatrice.

The pirate lifts up his hand to strike Beatrice when the sword that Yumi throws cuts his hand, causing him to drop his sword. He growls in pain then looks up to see the culprit when he gets kicked in the side of the jaw by Yumi, making him fall away from the little girl.

Beatrice falls to the ground whilst covering her eyes. She feels gentle hands land on her shoulders, making her look up to the person. She opens her eyes to see Yumi kneeling in front of her "are you okay? Are you hurt?" she asks softly.

Beatrice shakes her head "I'm okay, thank you miss…"

Yumi smiles "just call me Yumi. And there isn't any need to thank me" she looks to the group and notices Heathcrife. She recognises him as the one who called her name "is that your father?"

Beatrice follows his gaze and smiles "yes that's Papa."

Yumi smiles then stands. She quickly looks around, relieved to see that there aren't any pirates around then turns to Beatrice "okay quickly run to your father." Beatrice nods then runs to Heathcrife.

Yumi stands then steps back to see if there are any pirates around. She draws her eyebrows together with confusion as she scans the area "I swear there were more of them." She looks around the group when she comes across three very familiar faces. She smiles with relief to seeing them unharmed "Yuri, Wolfram, and Conrad is there too. Thank god they're alright."

She begins to walk over to them then removes her sunglasses, so the three of them can recognise her. The three of them smile with relief to see that she's safe. Their eyes widen when they see the person behind her.

Yumi steps forward only to be pulled by the arm and turned around to face them. The pirate boss smirks wickedly and digs his fingers into her arms. She bites her bottom lip to hold back a yelp of pain as she tries to kick free when he lifts her off of the ground so not even the tips of her boots are touching the wood of the deck "haha, not this time pet."

She cringes to that nickname "pet? What the hell am I, a dog?"

In the corner of her eye she sees the other pirates surrounding her, with their swords drawn. Wicked, lustful smiles curve their lips. They begin to snigger to see her powerless.

Knowing that Yuri, Wolfram and Conrad are looking her way, she can feel her brother's rage building up inside. She begins to make hand signals to her godfather and Wolfram, hoping that they'll get her message.

Conrad's eyes widen "how does she know that sign language?"

Wolfram looks to him "Lord Weller, are you seeing that?"

Conrad nods then looks to his godson "Wolfram. Try and keep His Majesty calm, Her Majesty is telling us to do so."

Wolfram nods to him then turns to Yuri. He places a hand on the double black's shoulder "Yuri, she has something planned. Try and calm down."

Yuri clenches his fists by his sides as he struggles to keep his anger and rage down.

Yumi turns her attention back the pirate holding her off of the ground "get your hands off of me, you pathetic excuse for a life" she growls, still trying to kick him but ends up kicking air instead.

He shakes his head "nah, I think not. You'll be a very worthy prize. And I definitely know that you won't go cheap."

She scoffs with disgust "don't you even think of-" her words get cut off when a pirate comes up behind her and smacks the side of her head with a club. Yumi's head droops forward as she becomes dead weight in the boss's hands, making him smirk then let go of her arms. Yumi falls to the ground limp and unmoving.

Her hat falls off revealing her long midnight hair that fans around her head. The pirate boss's eyes light up with happiness and greed "she'll go for an even higher price as she's a double black aswell." With that he bends down and throws Yumi's unconscious body over his shoulder, then turns away from the rest of the prisoners "let's go, we have our prize." The rest of the pirates cheer with their swords in the air and begin to follow their boss.

"You aren't going anywhere!" growls a deep voice behind them. A huge wave of air blows past the pirates, stopping them from walking forward. Yumi's hair flies up and covers the boss's face, stopping him from seeing the source of the venomous voice behind him.

When the pirate boss moves Yumi's hair out of his eyes, he gasps with fear to the sight before him "w-what the…"

Yuri walks forward from the rest of the prisoners to walk toward the group of pirates, who step away from him. His eyes become slits as his midnight black hair grows past his shoulders. "You retched fools trespass and capture innocent people all for your own greed and pleasures." His voice becomes more violent and his eyes glare deeper at them "you threatened to harm an innocent child and captured my sister as if she were an object up for sale! How dare you even think about treating these people so lowly! It is not my purpose to spill blood, but you leave me no choice. JUSTICE BE DONE!"

With that, he holds his hands up beside him and begins to make the food scraps float from the floor. All of the pieces of food fly to the centre of the deck and pile together, making a huge skeleton out of food scraps.

The skeleton turns to the pirates and moves closer to them. The boss pirate looks to Yumi over his shoulder and decides that she will just slow them down from escaping the demon king. He grunts then throws Yumi's unconscious body to the side, causing her to fly into one of the pillars of the ship with a loud bang then falls to the ground. The pirates turn away to run in the opposite direction.

Yuri grits his teeth, causing a shock of wind to knock them off of their feet. The skeleton steps closer to the pirates and falls on top of them, locking them in piles of food scraps. They scream and struggle to get out of their prisons, but it proves to be useless.

Yuri, giving one final vicious glare to the pirates, collapses on to the deck unconscious. His eyes and hair return back to normal as he falls.

Conrad turns to his younger brother "Wolfram, check on Her Majesty as she could be severely injured. I'll go and check on Yuri."

Wolfram nods then runs to Yumi, the same time as Conrad runs to Yuri. When Conrad reaches his godson, he sighs with relief to see that he's just weak from energy drainage. He looks to his younger brother with hope.

Wolfram quickly runs to Yumi and gently rolls her onto her back. "Please, please, please" he pleads in his mind as he checks her pulse, and relaxes a little to the feel of her heart beating. He carefully slides one arm under her back and slides his other under her knees, then lifts her off of the floor. Resting her head against his shoulder, he turns to see his elder brother holding Yuri.

Conrad walks over to him, concern evident in his kind eyes "how is she?"

Wolfram looks down at her unconscious form in his arms "she isn't bleeding anywhere which is a relief, but I know she is going to wake up with a splitting headache."

A ship's horn draws their attention. They turn with the double black siblings in their arms to see a rescue ship pull up beside their ship. Conrad sighs "well it looks like our rescue has arrived. Just not the type we were hoping for."

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The sound of waves crashing against wood causes Yuri to stir awake. He slowly opens his eyes to see Conrad and Wolfram sitting up against the side of the ship. He places a hand under his body to push himself up then grunts to the cramp in his neck.

Unconsciously reaching up to put a hand on the back of his neck, he looks to his blonde friend and godfather "hey guys. What happened?" His eyes snap open when he doesn't see his sister "where's Yumi?"

Wolfram places a finger on his lips silencing him, and then points beside him "she was complaining of a headache and so she wanted to get some sleep. So she wouldn't catch a cold, I put my jacket over her, just so she's a little warmer. I hope that's alright."

Yuri smiles with relief then slowly nods "yeah its fine, thanks Wolfram." He slowly shuffles toward her and sits beside her "how hurt was she?"

"She didn't suffer from major injuries, which is a relief" Conrad answers quietly.

Yuri sighs then turns back to the pair of them "how long have I been out?"

"You've been asleep for two days" Wolfram points out then folds his arms across his chest "do you remember what happened?"

Yuri looks to the wooden floorboards then shakes his head "no I don't. The last thing I remember was the pirates nearly taking Yumi and that's it." He looks around "we're not on the same boat are we?"

Conrad shakes his head "no, this is a Shimaron ship."

Wolfram scoffs with irritation "yes, and we are their prisoners. Even after we saved them they still treat us like this."

Yuri's eyes widen "why would they do that?"

"It's because we're demon tribe. The humans hate us. They are ungrateful for what you and Yumi did in order to help them, but still they throw us in here."

Yuri sighs to the blonde's words "why can't everyone just get along with each other?"

Wolfram turns to him "I don't even know why you and Yumi have so much faith in this alliance with the humans. I doubt it's going to work."

"It will work Wolfram, it just needs time that's all" Yuri protests, trying to persuade the blonde otherwise.

Wolfram looks to Yumi then sighs, giving up the argument.

The door opens to reveal a man with bright orange hair and ocean blue eyes. Everyone turns to him. Conrad smiles and then stands to step toward the man "I wondered when you were going to show up Yosak."

Recognition clicks in Yuri's eyes as he stares at the ginger haired man "are you, by any chance Mrs Biceps from the party earlier?"

Yosak smiles widely to him and winks "yep, it's nice to see you again cutie."

Conrad chuckles "Your Majesty, this is Yosak Gurrier. He is the Great Demon Kingdom's best spy."

Yosak gives a slight bow "it is an honour to meet you Your Majesty." He turns his gaze to the sleeping Yumi beside him "your baby sister Your Majesty is very skilled. I was amazed when I saw how she took down all of those pirates."

Yuri looks to her "yeah she is, but sometimes it scares me."

"Stop being so pathetic" a mumble answers him.

They all turn to her. "Yumi, are you awake?"

Yumi sits up with Wolfram's jacket on her shoulders and rubs the sleep out of her eyes. She opens one eye to look at her brother "no Yuri I'm not awake, I just fancied talking in my sleep that's all."

Yosak laughs "at least she has a sense of humour."

Yumi looks to him confused "sorry if you don't mind me asking, but who are you?" she asks curiously.

Yosak turns to her and gives a slight bow "the names Yosak Gurrier Your Majesty, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Yumi smiles "it's nice to meet you too."

The blue jacket on her shoulders catches the spy's eye. He turns to Wolfram to see him without a jacket and smirks knowingly. Yosak wants to say something to the blonde, but decides to wait until he isn't near Yumi to tease him about it. Turning back to the group, he claps his hands together "right that's enough talking, let's get you lot out of here shall we."

The rest of them nod then stand. Yumi, still not realising Wolfram's jacket on her shoulders, stands too quickly, causing pain to shoot through her skull. She clenches her teeth as she concentrates on ignoring the pain then steps toward the door.

Seeing that her brother is in front of her, she inwardly sighs with relief as she uses the wall for support. She looks to her hand then notices something blue on her shoulder. She turns to look at the jacket and realises who it belongs to "this is Wolfram's."

Wolfram, noticing her using the wall for support, walks up beside her "are you alright?"

She turns to him and smiles "yeah I'm okay. My head hurts a little but I'll get over it" she turns to her other shoulder and gestures toward his jacket "thanks for your jacket."

Heat fills up in his cheeks as he looks straight on "t-that's okay, you don't have to thank me."

Yumi chuckles when he speeds up a little in front of her. When she walks through the door, she catches a whiff of his scent and her eyes widen "he smells so…nice." Heat rushes to her own cheeks to her thoughts. She catches a whiff of his scent again and becomes dizzy to the soothing smell of the blonde.

Deciding that having his scent on her is torturous; she quickly jogs up to him and places the blue jacket on his shoulders. When he turns to her she smiles warmly to him, her cheeks still heated "thanks for the warmth but you might need it aswell." With that, she quickly runs to the boat that Yosak prepared for their escape.

Wolfram slides his arms through his sleeves then does up his buttons. He freezes when he smells her on his jacket. He looks up from his buttons to look at her with his cheeks heated so much that even in the dark they would be able to notice. Wolfram was actually thankful for it being night time; otherwise the others would have noticed his dark blush from a mile away.

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Reaching Vondivia Island was half a day trip. Yumi tried to ignore the shooting pain in her head from the incident on the ship, but it proved that she couldn't ignore it for long as it kept returning. And so she just pretended to be asleep for the rest of the way there.

She reminisced in the memory of how soothing Wolfram's scent was. How it carried a warming sensation to her, that made her feel safer. She knew that thinking something so big of something so minor was a little exaggerating, but that was all she could describe the feeling as. Warm, soothing and safe.

But it wasn't just his scent that made her feel warmer, it was his presence aswell. When she was around him she felt secure and at ease with herself. She could be herself, and know that he wouldn't judge her in anyway. The feeling that had begun to grow inside her chest only grew warmer and bigger when she was around the blonde. It was as if he was the trigger to this new, foreign feeling.

Yumi became too indulged in her thoughts that she hadn't realised that they had reached the island. A gentle shaking of her arm causes her to open her eyes. She sits up in the boat and rubs her eyes, to fool the others and make it seem as if she was rubbing the sleep out of them. She falsifies a yawn then steps out of the boat. "Wow, how long was I asleep? It only felt like a few minutes."

Yuri laughs "well, you did look pretty peaceful." He steps closer to her "okay, now Yumi can I ask you something?"

She nods to him "yeah shoot."

Yuri huffs then looks to her irritated "why on earth, did you leave the room on the ship? I thought you said that you were going to stay in there. Why didn't you?"

"Oh come on Yuri, you know why" she replies playfully.

That doesn't amuse Yuri at all "this is isn't funny Yumi!" He snaps "why did you leave the room?"

"Because I wanted to explore, and I didn't want to bother you and Conrad as you were busy mingling."

"But you said to me that you didn't want to. You said that you were going to stay there and you told me to have more trust in you and so I believed in your word, and yet you still went against your word." He replies.

Yumi sighs "well it wasn't my intention on not coming back. I was planning on doing a little bit of exploring around the ship then go back to the room before Wolfram woke up."

"Yeah and also you left Wolfram alone in there, whilst he was sleeping. What if someone walked in and took him? What if I was still on deck whilst the pirates attacked and went to the room whilst he was sleeping?" Yuri's voice begins to rise, causing the others to look at them and watch their argument.

Yumi glares at him, noticing the volume in his voice elevating. "Are you really an idiot Yuri? I'm not heartless. I was looking after Wolfram because I was concerned of his wellbeing."

Yuri shakes his head "But you still left him on his own. You used your sleeping charms on him and then just left him vulnerable for anyone to just walk in and take him."

Her glare deepens as she steps closer to him and knocks his forehead with her knuckles "for your information, I used my sleeping charms on him because he needed sleep. It was the only thing I could think of that would help calm his seasickness. And before I left the room, I made sure that the window was bolted and locked, and I also made sure that I locked the door behind me." She knocks her brother's forehead again "do you really, really think that I would leave someone who was in an ill condition on his own without locking the door behind me? Let me answer that question for you. No I wouldn't have."

Yuri opens his mouth to speak, but she continues "and let me ask you this Yuri. When you walked into our room, didn't you have to use your key to get in?" he nods which proves her point. "Yes, you did. So don't even think of accusing me of doing something so incredulous again." Yumi removes her knuckles from his forehead then turns away from her brother. She inhales deeply then steps away from him.

Yuri sees the hurt in her eyes and instantly feels guilty. He quickly steps toward her and gently grasps her wrist "look Yumi I'm sorry, I never meant to yell at you, but the only reason I am annoyed is because…because…" he closes his eyes in order to calm himself as the memory of what the pirates did to her appears in his mind.

He lets go of her wrist and lets his hand fall to his side "it's because those pirates nearly took you away. When you weren't anywhere to be found, I panicked. And when I saw how they treated you I felt like I had failed you as a big brother, as it's my job to take care of you and protect you, which is what I failed to do."

Yumi sighs then turns to face him "Yuri, it isn't always your job to look after me. I knew that if anything happened to me, it would be my fault. And that is why I told Conrad and Wolfram to calm you down. But I'm okay now, so don't worry." She steps closer to him and smiles "now get over it and lets start climbing the cliff." She looks up to the cliff "you have a sword to collect."

He looks to her then watches as she walks ahead, walking past everyone else aswell. He looks to Wolfram, Conrad and Yosak who are staring at him wide eyed. He sighs then follows his baby sister, where the others follow close behind him.