A\N: CHAPTER 10! WHOOO! DOUBLE-DIGITS! *so proud of story; huggles it*

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"It's big, Master." Shai grasped Naji closer to his chest and whimpered, burying his face in Ghirahim's thigh. "It's really big."

"Yes, but it's just like the Faron Castle, only colder. There a lots of other demons here, so perhaps you won't be so lonely, and I'll get more work done that way." Ghirahim comforted, stroking his hair. It had taken every bribe in the book just to get the child to leave Faron, and Ghirahim had felt terrible for tearing him away from home for a second time, but he really believed this was for the best. And if Master believed it was for the best… and if he really, truly felt terrible… then Shai just had to believe him! But still…

"Master… I don't… I'm scared."

Ghirahim smiled, lifting Shai up and placing him on his hip. "There's nothing to be scared of. I'm here, and everyone in this land listens to everything I say, so you're completely safe."

Shai shuddered, but he held on tightly and allowed Ghirahim to give him the grand tour.

By the time they had finished, Shai was fairly comfortable in this new environment, and thought he was loath to let go, he didn't object when Ghirahim put him in the laundry room and said, "Now, you do your work like always, and then tonight you and I will have some cocoa. Alright?"

Shai nodded and smiled, putting on a brave front for his master's sake. "A'ight."

Ghirahim smiled down at him, tousling his hair and snapping away to wherever it was he went all the time to study and think. Shai panicked for a brief moment, wondering what to do if he needed Ghirahim, but then he remember he knew how to teleport, and if he just thought about Ghirahim really hard, he would be right there with his master.

"Okay… I'm okay… just gotta… do laundry."

He took a deep breath and went about the chore, hands shaking with the fear that some demon or monster was going to come through the door any second. He liked it much, much better when he and Ghirahim had the entire castle to themselves… It was scary now. It wasn't home, and it never would be.

"Hey, new kid!"

Shai cringed at the voice, knowing instantly—though he had never heard it before—it did not belong to a friendly being.

"Y-yes?" he asked timidly, turning to see a young demon standing in the doorway.

The boy was about Shai's age, maybe one or two years older, but he was distinctly different in many ways. He was as filthy as a garbage can and smelled even worse. His clothing was tattered and all baggy, chains and large piercing hanging from his body. His hair was a color Shai couldn't define beneath the disgusting brown crust that was matting his hair to his face, but his eyes were the brightest of blues and sharp as ice, piercing right into Shai's mismatched ones, which suddenly became an oddity that made his face heat up.

"What'cha got there?"

Shai looked down at Naji and smiled. "Oh, this? This is Naji, he's my—"

"Stuffed animal?" The boy threw his head back, a coarse laugh breaking through his fangs and bouncing of the walls. "You still carry an animal around? What are you? Two? Hahaha, oh, that's rich!"

Shai blushed, holding Naji tighter. "I don't care!" he said indignantly, and the boy stopped laughing right away. "I love my Naji, and you know what? I think you're just jealous because you don't have one!"

The boy stopped, hurt flickering across his dirt-smudged face as if what Shai had said was true. Then all at once, he exploded.

"Yeah, right! Like I'd want a stupid baby toy like that! If—If I wanted him so bad, what I'd really do is this!" Shai gasped as the boy clapped his hands together, Naji dissolving into thin air and reappearing in the miscreant's hands. "Now who wants the dumb wolf?" The boy cackled loudly, running out of the room while wildly waving the toy over his head.

"Naji? Naji!" Shai screamed, running out the door, but finding himself alone. Tears sprang into his eyes and like a flash flood they were rolling down his cheeks as he wailed loudly, screaming for the one person he knew could fix his problem.

"MAAAAAAAAASTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!"

Ghirahim's head snapped up as he heard his name being called—no, being screamed—by his beloved little servant boy.

"Shai?"

Abandoning his books, he materialized in front of the sobbing boy, kneeling down instantly and taking the sobbing child into his arms. "What is it, Shai?"

"There w-was a mean boy and h-he was makin' fun of me and—and—and—HE TOOK AWAY NAJI!

Ghirahim jerked, rage swelling in his chest like an ocean wave. When it hit his mind, the world actually blurred for a moment as nothing but fury embedded the forefront of his mind.

"Don't worry, Shai." He said, clutching the boy to his chest as pure venom dripped from his mouth. "I am going to get him back."

A\N: Aaaaaaand Ghira is officially ticked off. Shouldn'ta done it, kid. Shouldn'ta done it.

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P.S. This is a character seen in other fics. See if you can guess who! :D