A/n: Hello everyone. Sorry once again for the long wait for this chapter. I have been pretty busy as of late and haven't had the time to sit down and continue this story. In honor of my friend Jess's birthday I have chosen to write this chapter. Happy Birthday! I hope you enjoy it..

Friends in unlikely places

Chapter six

The journey for the threesome started out on a good note. The sun was shinning brightly and there wasn't a hint of any weather changes. Jisushika and Kuro watched out for trouble as Nella followed behind them. From time to time they would spot a slave catcher and pull Nella into some brush to hide.

Jisushika sighed as he passed without spotting them. " This might be harder then I thought. Nella how are you holding up?"

" I'm fine, but didn't you say that they won't bother you if you are with me?"

" That is true we did say that but these slave catchers are from your village. We have to get out of this part of the country in secret. Once we get to other villages we will be safe." Kuro explained.

Nella nodded as she understood what he meant. When the coast was clear the three of them continued on their hike. On their travels they saw numerous atrocities preformed against slaves much like the ones in the old south. Nella's eyes widened as she saw farmers hit there slaves after falling to their feet from over work. " It's worse then I imagined. How can people do that to them?"

Jisushika frowned and looked down at the ground to hide the pain on her face. " It's because they see us demons as nothing but tools. To them we are lower beings and deserve to be treated in such harsh manors. We are different so they don't know exactly how to treat us and people fear what they don't understand."

Nella's newly formed fist shook by her side as she listened to Jisushika word's. " Why don't people open there eyes! We have lived in peace with demons for many years, but now all of a sudden that peace has been broken. For what! It's because now our people are having problems growing food… that's why! It's just not fair… now I want to stop this more then ever!" She declared.

The demon mates smiled at her. " It's a person like you who can make all the difference in the world Nella. Someone who isn't blinded by hate and sees the in justice of the world. A person who doesn't just stand around and let it happen, who has the guts to turn away from society and do something about it... that is the type of people we need in this world."

Jisushika turned to look at the suffering slaves below them with a saddened look. ' Be strong all of you… don't let them win over you. Somehow we will put an end to all this and end the suffering… just hang on.'

She turned away and turned to see Nella and a smile came over her. " Shall we continue Nella?"

Nella nodded and she continued to follow her two demon companions down the road. Hours passed since their journey began and they already reached the boarder of the village. The group looked tense as they saw a group of slave catchers standing there along with a hand full of guards from the village. ' Damn, a blockade. I was afraid of this…' Jisushika thought. She looked up into the trees and thought there could be a way to get passed this. She turned to Kuro and he nodded as he was thinking the same thing.

Nella blinked at the two of them wondering what they were thinking about. Kuro leaned down and whispered the plan to her and she smiled as she immediately understood what they were thinking. Jisushika and Kuro jumped into the trees in order to sneak up behind them.

The guards at the blockage looked up when they heard the slight rattling of leaves. " Did anyone else here that?"

" Hear what?" One of the slave captors asked.

" Leaves rattling?"

" It most likely was just a squirrel or something." Another guard said, " You're getting to tense."

Just at that moment Nella started walking toward the blockade alone. With the sound of her feet moving the leaves on the ground the group of men looked down at her and slight relief was printed on their faces.

"Mistress Nella… Thank goodness you're safe." One guard stated.

"Where are the slaves that have escaped from your families home?" The slave catcher questioned.

Nella was silent for a few minutes. The guard looked her over for any evidence of injuries. He found slight cuts from the brushes she was forced to hide in but nothing more. " Do you know where they went… what happen to you?"

While the men at the blockade looked over Nella and questioned her Jisushika and Kuro stood on a branch behind them. The carefully lowered themselves down behind them. Nella smiled as she pointed to the tree. " They're right there."

The guard looked up to where she was pointed but didn't see anything. Jisushika and Kuro smirked as he turned around and the two demons knocked them out. As the guard heard the moans of his allies he turned around to see them unconscious with the two demons standing over them.

The guard growled as he charged to attack them. Kuro sighed as he was forced to respond. With his fast speed he over took the guard and knocked him out too. Nella was surprised on how skillful the two of them were. " Woah that was amazing."

" That's really nothing… if we were really serious these guys would be worse off but we won't want to create more trouble for ourselves now do we."

Nella smiled, " I guess not… well we better get going before reinforcements come."

Kuro nodded as he picked Nella up and started to rush off with his mate not to far behind him. Nella laughed as the hair blew past her. " This is so much fun!"

" You think this is fun… just wait till we get into the air… but we shall get to that another time."

Jisushika smiled at the two of them, ' So this is what it feels like to have a child along with you is it? I can't wait till I have my own child back to try it out for myself.'

The group soon reached another village miles away from Nella's. Jisushika looked relieved as she didn't notice any immediate signs of slavery. " We can get our supplies here. While we are here I have to make a personal visit."

' A personal visit? To who I wonder…' Nella thought.

Kuro placed Nella down so she could walk into town ahead of them. Jisushika looked around at all the people and didn't show as much hate for them as the people before. ' At least they remember what I did for them not too long ago…. At least that's something.'

Jisushika turned to Kuro. " Go take Nella around and get us some supplies for our journey."

" Are you sure… what if someone catches you?"

" We'll be safe here Kuro… at least for a little while… don't worry… I'll be fine.. It's not as though they can hurt me." She gave her mate a reassuring smile, ' Besides only Nella has the power to do that…'

Kuro nodded. " Alright, just be careful."

Jisushika smiled as she headed to a building on the far end of the village. It was pretty large and was very well decorated with plants and sculptures. Outside the building was another young demon who was tending to the flowers. She looked up and a bright smile appeared on her face. "Jisushika!"

To be continued….

Hey everyone. So how was that? Pretty good I hope. I hope you all enjoyed reading this chapter. I will try my hardest to updated sooner. Sorry for the cliffy but it sorta seemed fitting. Who is this demon girl and how does she know Jisushika? Find out next time.

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