Chapter 8

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So nami and I were alone. Originally Nami was sleeping with Mana when I left, but I woke up this morning with her in her demon form, curled up behind me. I think I startled her when I pounced on her, squealing with delight.

Soon after I woke we left. I knew Mana and Sereg would leave early too. Nami could stay in her demon form for unlike Mana, we were going to avoid towns.

Nami crouched and launched onto a tree branch. I laughed from below. She wagged her tail and jumped down beside me. I ran a hand through her fur and pulled my cloak around my shoulders a little tighter.

The air was turning cold. We had been walking for a few hours, and it seemed as it was still night out. The wind was no longer cool, it had a freezing bite to it. I had a liking to the cold and my cloak was a big help. Nami had her thick fur and was fine. My mind drifted back to Sereg and Mana, curious on how they were standing the weather. I shook my head. For now.. I was alone.

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"I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!" I screamed falling to my knees. Sereg stopped and looked back at me. He laughed. "Its so freaking cold! And I don't know where were going and..." Sereg kneeled in front of me.

"We are following the trail..." He said before standing up. I growled before standing too.

"Your evil ya know that?" I shouted at his back.

"Yes I know" He replied. I growled and looked behind me to see if Aiya was keeping up. I let out a small eep before nervously calling Sereg. "yes?" He asked. I pointed behind us. Serge's eyes widened.

Drawing his sword he growled. I had had enough. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!?! LEAVE US ALONE!!!!" I shouted. Sereg snorted and rose an eyebrow at me. I just sat there little bits of steam emitting from the top of my head.

"Alright then...you showed up first, you attack" Sereg called. I think they moved a little too fast for normal bandits. In like a split second they were only feet in front of us. I let out a scream as one tackled me to the ground. I hissed at him, he just smirked, showing off his white fangs. I eeped.

Looking back I saw Sereg caught with two of them on him, trying to drag him to the ground. Sereg growled as he was finally over powered. The demon on top of me kissed my neck. I yelped before yelling, "GET YOUR LIPS OFF OF ME!!!"

Sereg cracked up. I looked over him shooting him a look like 'what?' he snorted. "Your bright red" He commented. One of the demons sitting on Sereg suddenly smirked.

"Watch out!" I warned just before one demon locked lips with him. Sereg jerked his head back just to have the demon then attack his neck. With both demons pinning him, he was stuck. He growled. The two demons smirked in success. Sereg took this opportunity and brought his feet up placing them on the demons stomach. The demon looked at him surprised.

"None of that now" He growled before the demon went flying. I laughed as he rolled away and grabbed his sword. "We have way too much fun with this" he said in my direction.

"well they are just bandits" I said to the demon on top of me. He growled and bared his fangs. "whoopsy" I breathed. Blood splattered my face as a huge gash opened in the demons side. He hissed and rolling away shot into the sky. I laughed at him before calling, "WHIMP!!!!" Sereg laughed.

Sereg was holding the last demon up against a tree. He was about to kill the guy when the demon spoke. "Leaving poor Eva alone.. tsk tsk big mistake..." He laughed. Sereg's eyes widened before he stabbed the sword into the guys neck. I stepped back as blood splattered to the forest floor.

"Dammit Eva had to leave NOW" Sereg looked over at me. I was panicking on the inside, but on the outside I was calm. "Why are you so calm? She's your freaking sister! Get your but moving we are going to find her before those demons do!" He growled before taking off. I looked back at Aiya who barked before following Sereg. I stood only a second longer before breaking into a run too.

'Dangit Eva, don't get caught!' I hissed in my mind.

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I must admit, this was boring. Without anyone to talk to, or anything to do for that matter, it was dead silent except the rustling of the leaves. Nami was bored too, I could tell. She snuzzed around on the ground following trails, not even caring if it lead to a dead end.

Nami's ears suddenly pricked up and she looked to my left. I rose an eyebrow and followed her gaze. I sighed as I saw about 5 bandits coming out way. Drawing my sword I turned to face them. They stopped before all five split up and went a different direction. I growled and crouched down.

Something hit my back and I whirled. It wasn't supposed to take them that short! The guy smiled at me before taking a slash at my arm. I blocked it but was sent backwards from the force of his blow. A hand went over my mouth. I looked around wildly. The five of them closed in forming a circle around me. The guys other arm went around my neck. I dropped my sword and grabbed his arm, desperate to get it off of me.

"Hello Eva...long time no see" One purred stepping forward. It was then that I noticed he was a demon in disguise.

I silently screamed for them to get away from me and for Nami. One demon held up nami, in bunny form and in a small magic charged cage. I growled.

Another demon grabbed my hands before yanking them behind my back and tying them. The hand over my mouth let go and I took in a huge gulp of air. "Hows it feel to finally be caught?" The demon with his arm around my neck asked.

"Let...me...go" I hissed.

"Fraid not darling" He hissed in my ear. Everything suddenly went black.

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I screeched to a halt leaning on my knees for support as I tried to catch my breath. Mana came up beside me and flopped to the ground. "Did she really have that far of a lead on us?" Mana asked.

"She can move fast.. so either yes, or she's already taken..." I breathed.

"God, I hope not.." Mana said petting Aiya. I looked up ahead of us and lazily scanned the horizon.

"Mana! Look!" I yelped pointing to our left somewhere. She looked up and eeped. On the horizon to the left there was something hanging in the air. "lets go see" I said before taking off again, Mana close behind.

As we got closer it started to look more and more like words. When we finally came close enough to read it, we stood, mouth hanging open. There in the air hung red sparkles to form the words "Eva is with us :P" I wanted to laugh at the smily face, but it wasn't the time.

"They got her!" She sat there fore a moment "that means you were right on both things.. she did have a huge lead on us and she got taken!" She chirped.

"you said that a little too happily..." I said glaring at her. She apologized. "So whats this mean? Where did they take her? Is she dead?"

"You ask way too many questions..." A voice purred. My head snapped up to see the hilt of a sword before pain exploded in my head and my world went dark.

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I was stunned when he knocked out Sereg. The demon walked over to in front of me. "Shes not dead yet, but sense you seem so defensless... I will give you a choice" I looked up at him and glared. "Either come quietly or get knocked out like everyone else." I eeped. I had never been knocked out, and I wasn't planning on starting now.

"I will come" I whispered, head down.

"wonderful! Alright boys, lets escort our prisoners" Two guys jumped down from a tree (a/n: yeah cept for villages.. its like all forest.. lol sorry) and one lifted Sereg up, tossing him over his shoulder. The other guy came up beside me. He wore a dark brown cloak with the hood up, covering everything but his shoes.

"Come along.." He said quietly. Everyone started walking. Clueless on where we were going I fell to the last in line, just following everyone.

Sereg had a small gash on the side of his head and it was slowly dripping blood. I sighed. I looked up at the guy who walked beside me. He was taller than me, by probably a foot or more. "Whats your name?" I asked. He looked down at me before looking ahead again.

"Cant tell you" I humphed before following into the pace, mind wondering.

After about an hour we reached a really thick part of the woods. As we went about half way into the thick part, we stopped. The head demon hit a tree to his left and something in the ground opened to reveal stairs.

Fascinated by this I willingly walked in and let it close after me, later realizing that it was kind of stupid. We walked down the stairs for quite a while till we hit a hallway type thing. The guy next to me whispered, "This will probably be the last time you see your friend" I eeped.

Sereg was still out of it. I wondered what they were going to do to him. The lead demon dude stopped everyone. "Alright you take him into here" He said opening a door behind him. "And you, go take her down the hall and to the right, first door on the left." He nodded before grabbing my arm. "As for your wolf cub there...I think its harmless, its scared stiff. Let her keep it with her..." The guy nodded and dragged me down the hall till we turned right.

He let go of my arm and opened the door. He looked at me, I returned his gaze before walking into the room. He walked in too and quietly closed the door. "Listen.. I can get yall out of here, I had to wait till all of yall were here though. It will take a while but don't give up, if it was up to them all of yall would be killed slowly, I can save you from that...your friends little bunny thing is in the back of the room, just don't let anyone know" He said pointing to the back of the torch lit room.

"Wait... wheres Eva?" I asked.

"A few doors down...shes still unconscious...I can take you to see her later.. just stay quiet and cooperative, if you do they are a little nicer to you" I could faintly see him smile.

With that he left, leaving me alone with Aiya. I went back to the back of the room where Nami sat in a small cage. She looked up at me with hopefull eyes. "Don't worry, we will get out of here..." I whispered.

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Alya- jeez! This is fun to write!! Hehe mostly cuse I get to completely annoy Ryan (his character is Sereg) poor guy...

Ryan- yeah I would think so.. you had a guy kiss me!!

Mana- I think that was cute!

Ryan- sicko...

Alya- HEY! -tackles ryan and hog ties him- :P leave Mana alone... see ya next chapter!