"Heh, I guess Bianco hasn't released the seal yet." Ritorno stated as she fell down for the last time and couldn't get up.

To be honest, he thought she was unconscious as the annoying little bitch wouldn't stop grasping her way up until the girl was on her way to dream world.

Unfortunately, she wasn't as much fun to beat on as a human as she would have been if she still had full-access to her powers.

And she wasn't worth finding Bianco to release the seal.

"But it's not all bad, I guess. After all, I got to relieve stress and beat up something that belonged to him all in one go." Ritorno said to himself, trying to make something positive out of the situation.

Though maybe it was just an excuse for his coming down here.

It was a pretty strange feeling, however, that someone that mattered so little had mattered so much to the person he hated the most. Ritorno had almost wished she was better just so her existence could be justified.

"Oh well." He remarked out loud again, heading back towards the door he'd come from.

"Mizu, you can have her back, she's not worth hauling around just to mess her up again."

The dark-skinned man seemed overjoyed.

After all, if he was going to keep Saya as a pet too, it would be like having twin cats.

Well, on second thought, more like twin dogs.

"Just a novice's advice though. You may want to be a little bit harder on it. There was still some spirit left in its eyes."

He watched the boss leave and waited until the door was closed to start strolling over to her.

"How lucky of a guy am I? Two babes and I don't even have to do anything special to get them except kick their asses."

"You're sure about this then?" Bianco asked Nero as they sat in their chairs, listening for anything else after the big "BOOM" sounded out underneath them.

"Yes."

"Ha-ha! I almost feel like praying to someone just for my luck! I mean… normally you have to go to some ancient, faraway country…" He said, gesturing through the air towards some random imaginary island.

"…But no! Free, easy to take care of, and their twins!"

"You understand that if anyone finds out that I've done this, they'll know that you're alive."

Nero sat in his chair, and, though he couldn't explain it, was able to feel the girl's suffering.

"I understand."

"Get them some collars, maybe a leash…."

"Well, if you're sure I don't see any reason not to. But why do you care so much? I mean, even if-"

"She's supposed to be a "queen", correct?" He asked, interrupting Bianco.

"…so I've heard."

"No." She said, struggling to get up.

It sounded more like a plea than a statement but then again he didn't really care either way.

"If she is indeed going to die…"

"Shut up. Pets don't get to talk unless they're told that they can." Mizu told her, raising up a foot above her spine.

"…then she should die like a queen."

He waited for her gaze to look up at him, her terrified little expression looked really cute.

"Ah… Fine. No need to be so dramatic about it."

His foot descended, but as it did he felt weird.

There was air underneath him, and for some reason he had to throw up.

His pelvis hurt a lot too.

A second later Mizu realized why, and as he barfed up his dinner into the normally-clear water he saw a look on the girl's face.

It was weird, but she was actually smiling.

He blinked, and her expression was the same as it had been.

And she was standing too; not even a bruise remained on her body.

Mizu managed to get himself to stand up, staring yards and yards across at her, and was just now realizing how far he'd been hit away.

Her body was covered with something now. They looked like rose petals or something.

And in her hand…

"What the hell?"

Was the exact same sword Nero had taken from her when he beat her before.

The girl's eyes glowed blue.

"Is it my turn now?" She asked.