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"Hm," Ryuhei regarded him and looked towards the tree line. "You have company with you?" Okuri-inu padded out and slowly approached them. "Ah, hello again." The wolf just nodded his head and walked up to Miyuki.

"It is very good to see you again." Ryuhei smiled at his son and daughter. "Look at you! You're so tall!" He exclaimed and put a hand on top of Miyuki's head. She smiled and nodded, "The last time I saw you. You were small and so squishy and vulnerable looking."

"I think most babies are like that."

"True," Ryuhei smiled slowly and nodded.

"Ryu-"

"Shut up can't you see we're having a reunion here?" The white haired man glared at Hiro. "You know what? Just, go over there-"

"Miyuki refuses to abide by your wish! In fact there's another demon laying in wait for us if all goes wrong!" Hiro exclaimed, both Miyuki and Okuri-inu shot him a glare.

You idiot. The wolf growled, he knew that Hiro would most likely not stick to the plan. He just didn't know he'd screw the plan up like this.

Ryuhei raised an eyebrow. "You are not happy with my plans Miyuki?" Miyuki looked up at him sadly and nodded. "Why so my dear?"

"Because I don't know this creep!"

"He is a little creepy is he not?" Ryuhei eyed up Hiro who just flinched from his words. "What I did I may have done out of desperation. You see, I knew Miyuki. I knew that that man would do something I just never knew he'd...well you know." Ryuhei left the sentence hanging in the air before continuing. "I'm sorry Miyuki. Your mother refused to stay with me you see, I did this," by "did this" Ryuhei meant the contract with Hiro, who got a half arsed hand waved at him. "Because I wanted you to be safe with someone similar to yourself. I am unreliable, just ask your brother."

He is. He really is. Okuri-inu said with an edge in his voice, there was a past there which neither seemed to want to bring up.

Ryuhei didn't seem to care and nodded. "Hiro was just to look after you."

"You said-"

"Silence." Ryuhei narrowed his eyes at Hiro. The dark haired demon obviously didn't take kindly to being silenced and not being allowed to say what he wanted to say. Ryuhei and Okuri-inu both went on the defensive when Hiro wrapped an arm around Miyuki's throat and backed off.

"You will listen to me now. You said, in your exact words, to find and bring Miyuki to you. And once I did that I was allowed to have her." Ryuhei just looked at him blankly, he wasn't denying it yet wasn't accepting the words either.

Miyuki struggled and yelped when she and Hiro went shuttling across the ground. Miyuki screamed and went to hit whoever was gripping onto her. Before she could land a hit her hands were clutched onto. "Stop trying to hit me." Amaimon said simply while standing up still holding onto her with a blank expression on his face.

"So this is the other demon huh? Miyuki, I never took you for one for playing males off against each other." Ryuhei chuckled and shook his head. Miyuki blushed and puffed out her cheeks and slowly exhaled. "And who is this?"

"I am Amaimon." Shifting Miyuki in his arms he slowly looked over towards her father. A shocked and confused expression flitted onto his face. "You may have heard of me." He smirked and jumped away when Ryuhei leapt towards him with a murderous look on his face.

"Woah! Hold on," Amaimon jumped up into a tree and put Miyuki on a branch. "Stay here while I beat some sense into your father."

"But Amaimon that's my father! He has got to have a good reason for attacking you."

"And nearly hurting you the process? Yes I'm sure he has a very good reason, do I want to listen to it? No. Remember stay up here." He said seriously, he reached up and ruffled her hair, Miyuki pouted and crossed her arms.

"What's the deal?" Amaimon asked once he was back on solid ground. Ryuhei straightened up and narrowed his eyes at him. "As far as I can see I've done nothing but look after your daughter. Which was exactly what you appointed this idiot to do and failed to do." Amaimon waved a hand at Hiro who frowned and seemed to deliberate whether to get involved or not.

"Miyuki cannot be with you."

"Yet she can be with that creepy loser?"

"Hey!"

"Shut up I tell the truth and you know it," Amaimon muttered and crossed his arms.

"The reason why she was to be with Hiro was because he's safe. I do not want my daughter in harms way. You are dangerous, Amaimon. I do not wish to see my daugther die thanks to you." Ryuhei said simply, he was playing the part of the protective parent well. It didn't really have much effect though considering he missed out on most of Miyuki's life.

"So you go to attack me while I am holding onto your daughter, the same daughter who you just said you didn't want to be in harms way. Well done." Amaimon clapped his hands and raised an eyebrow when Okuri-inu circled around the tree Miyuki was sitting in and stood beside him.

"You're choosing his side too?"

I do not like rescuing my sister from the clutches of someone whose meant to protect her. Amaimon, through all the dislike I have towards him. He does look after Miyuki well.