Chapter 10

I was sitting against a wall, just watching Aiya trying to imitate Nami as Nami attacked demon after demon. Suddenly Nami stopped and wagged her tail before jumping on another demon. I looked through the crowd and saw the demon from earlier carrying Sereg with Eva running beside them.

I stood up and watched as they wadded through the crowd of panicking demons. The demon carrying Sereg caught my eye. For the first time I saw his face. He had shortish blackish blue hair with deep violet eyes, and of course fangs.

"Come on we have to go!" He said as he ran up. I pounced on Eva, hugging her tightly before nodding.

"What happened to Sereg?" I shouted over the commotion.

"Eheh.. he got tortured!" Eva chirped. I rose an eyebrow before calling Aiya. Aiya looked back at me before running over and following us.

We ran though a few halls before we hit the stairwell. The guy hit a button and moonlight flooded the area. We dashed up the stairs and into the night air. He hit the same tree and the door closed.

The guy crouched and Eva helped Sereg sit down. "Damn, hes lost a lot of blood.." Eva hissed. I walked over and crouched next to Sereg. Laying one hand on his head I whispered a few words. A blue glow emitted from around my hand for a short bit before disappearing.

"What exactally did you do?" The demon asked.

"It helps him heal faster, I cant do much more that that, the cuts with scab over shortly, and I sped up the healing process a bit" I explained. He nodded.

"Sereg?" Eva asked.

"yeah?" Came his soft reply. Eva snorted.

"Just making sure your alive…"

"mmm" was his answer. Eva and I both looked at the demon. A smile graced Eva's lips.

"So… why were you helping us?" She asked.

"Umm.. first step back from the door…" We all backed up a few feet and watched and flames shot out from around the rim of the door before dying down. "I set off a certain kind of bomb before we left.."

"ok…" Eva said slowly. "So who are you and why are you helping us?"

"I am Yoshida, and I help you because I don't agree with the demons…" I gave him a look saying 'go on' "I used to live happily in a village. I grew up with just about everything I wanted, though I hated that part. Then the demons attacked. My parents were demons too, and any demon can tell who is a demon or human, but when they attacked they killed my parents, acting like they didn't know who they were. Then they took me in, I just gave in, and I eventually gained a lot of freedome, so I continued to live with them and follow their orders because I didn't know where else to go.."

"well Yoshida.. welcome to the club!" Eva exclaimed.

"excuse me?" He asked.

"My dad was probably killed, then Mana's parents were killed by demon attacks, then my mom was killed, and after that when demons attacked our town, they killed Sereg's parents..were all.. parentless." Eva explained. Sereg slightly nodded. Eva looked at him. "You need sleep, go to sleep"

"Really?" I nodded. "Do you hate me for being a demon?" He asked.

"Course not, just because you're a demon, doesn't mean your blood thirsty, just like if your human doesn't mean you aren't blood thirsty" I said looking at Eva, she grinned in returned.

"Wait.. shes not a demon?" Yoshida asked. Eva and I looked at him.

"As far as we know..no" I said slowly.

"Well, shes part demon at least.." Eva looked at him with shock.

"well that would explain a ton" She said nodding.

"I could tell when I first met you, that's where you get your blood lusts, and your speed." Yoshida explained. "Your normal in every other sense, but you still have demon blood, and if trained correctly you could probably use dark magic.." Silence fell between us. We were all quite shocked and wanted to think this over..

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We stayed up through most of the night and through most of the day, just sitting and chatting softly, swapping stories on how each other got caught, and what we did wrong. When night rolled around again, Yoshida and Mana fell asleep. I stayed up. I couldn't even tell if Sereg was awake or asleep, as far as I knew he could be dead.

Nami sat at my side staring at Sereg. I couldn't look at him. He was still covered in blood for the most part. The moon shone brightly down on us, and the breeze had warmed up a tad bit. Nami yawned and laid down. I looked at her and petted her head before casting my eyes upward once more.

"Why do you like the night so much?" A voice asked. My head snapped down and saw Sereg looking at me. I shrugged.

"its cooler, the stars and moon are beautifull, everything is black and white…" I breathed. Sereg grunted and sat up the best he could with his hurt side. I looked at him. "You should really try to heal more before you start to move around.." I warned. He laughed.

"Yeah whatever" I looked at him and shook my head. "Do I have an extra shirt?" He asked. I nodded and digging around in his pact found his new tunic that he never put on and tossed it to him. He caught it and pulled it over his head. "thanks…" I nodded.

Nami got up and walked off. I watched her go and when I looked back Sereg had flopped back onto his back staring at the stars, his head only a few feet away from my knee. I rose an eyebrow. "Isn't it pretty out?" I asked.

"Yeah, I agree with you, the night is gorgeous" I scooted up and looked at him. "What? Don't believe me?" He asked. I shook my head. I suddenly realized my hair was still down. Making sure the hair tie was still on my wrist I pulled my hair up into a quick bun thing.

"No I believe you" I said finally. Silence surrounded us for a short bit. "Ya know I haven't slept in a full day…" I added to this statement by yawning.

"So lay down and go to sleep." He stated simply. I looked at him funny before flopping on my side and curling up a little. From the way I laid down I had a nice view of the top of Sereg's head. I laughed before starting to play with it. Sereg growled at me. I grinned.

Sereg rolled away and onto his stomach. I smiled. He rolled his eyes before crossing his arms and resting his chin on them. I yawned again and closed my eyes. I heard the rustling of grass and footsteps. I ignored them, I was tired and I was bound determined I was going to sleep.

The foot steps went behind me before stopping and I heard a 'thwump' before an arm rested on my shoulder and arm. I opened my eyes to find Sereg not where I left him. "Its still cold out.." Serege's voice whispered. I resisted the urge to purr. A slight blush showed on my cheeks as I snuggled into his warmth before falling asleep.

I woke up the next morning to the sounds of a fire. I opened my eyes to see a fire built not too far away from where I was. Yoshida was sitting on the opposite side of it and saw me awake. "Have fun last night?" He teased. I glared at him. "Actually its quite smart… its getting colder by the minuet." He pointed out. I noticed.

"Wheres Mana?" I asked softly, not wanting to wake Sereg.

"Shes off getting more wood…she couldn't start a fire so I sent her to get wood, its easier to do magic when no one else is conscious of you doing it" He said winking. I laughed.

Sereg moved and I heard him yawn. "Sorry if I woke you.." I apologized before sitting up.

"Yikes! Its cold out!" Sereg said eyes a tad wide. I laughed before throwing his cloak over him.

"I am going to go find Mana, make sure she's not stuck or anything." I said standing. "Be right back yall."

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I watched as Eva left. I sat up and pulled my cloak around me. Yoshiba looked at me. "So what did happen last night?" He asked.

"Nothing.." I said. "mmm if you mind, don't tell Mana anything…" He nodded. "thanks"

"Mind me asking why?" He asked.

"I just don't want her to know…that's all" He nodded once again and poked the fire with a stick.

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I picked up a small twig and tossed it. Aiya barked and chased after it. I shook my head. "your supposed to be a WOLF" I called to her. She just wagged her tail as she brought the stick back.

Stopping to listen, I could hear soft singing. I turned and searched the trees. Half way up a tall pine sat Eva. She was laying on the branch singing as she watched me play with Aiya. "Don't mind me, just making sure we stay together…in a way…" She laughed before starting to sing again. "I don't want another pretty face, I don't want my love to go to waist, i want you and your beautifull soul, am I crazy for wanting you?" she sang.

"Your happy this morning" I said grinning deviously. The singing stopped and a twig thwaked me in the back of the head. "hehe, sorry sorry! Touchy are we?"

"yes, your supposed to be finding firewood no?" She asked, completely changing subjects.

"yes but weren't you supposed to be watching Sereg?" I asked. Eva snorted and jumped down from the tree.

"listen, it was nothing…" She said softly as she walked past me and grabbed a huge stick.

"ok, ok" just something about how she said that warned me not to pry anymore.

We returned to the fire with huge bundles of sticks. Yoshida took some and threw them in the fire. Nami walked over to the fire and warmed her tail. I laughed. Aiya jumped in Sereg's lap getting a warm lap and a nice spot by the fire. Sereg smiled and used the small wolf as a heater. Eva snorted and sat down next to Nami who was warming her back.

"Aren't you cold?" I finally asked, to Eva and Yoshida. They both shook their heads. "right… demons" Eva stuck her tongue out at me.

"So what do we do now?" Eva asked. "They are after me mostly…and they are good at ticks..are we still heading to the mountains?"

"I guess so…almost seems pointless.. we just wipped out a ton here.." I mentioned.

"That's nothing.. theres about 10 more of those hideouts on the way to the mountains, and once you get there, its abou 20 times what we met in there…" Yoshida said watching a leafe burn.

"You've been there?" Sereg asked.

"Yeah it was crazy… well not really, it was really organized, it seemed just like a huge town, people living together and such…but there was the one section of just warriors.. they sit there with everyone else, and live happily.. but leave whenever they want to go attack something.. then come back.. and everyone acts like nothing happens…" Yoshida sighed. "They are all murderers.."

"Yup…we all should know too…" Eva said. Silence fell apon us. Everyone watching the fire.

"At only 18 I have killed so many…I have gained a demon pet, been captured, watched my friend get tortured…lived in the forest…I don't want this…" Eva stated sadly. "I wish my mom was still here…"

"Yeah… she would always help us when we were down…or hurt.." I added. I got up and sat down next to Eva. She rested her head on my shoulder.

"I never wanted to do this…"

"None of us did…we were forced together from a common loss, and if we had sat quietly and done nothing…more would have been killed…as much as we hate this, we are probably going to end up saving a lot of people.." Sereg mentioned.

"You saved the towns around here just now, if you hadn't had come.. I wouldn't have had to torch the place, but with it torched, the places around here are safe" Yoshida mentioned.

We all gave one big sigh. A huge gust of wing swept by, chilling us to the bone and completely wiping out the fire. "great…" we said in unison.

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Alya- well that was interesting…

Miya- -a recording starts saying: hello I am out of town for thanksgiving-

Alya- -sigh- shes gone fore the week… and I am bored! Garg!