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Anna's face twisted and turned with fear. Her stomach rolled all over her body.

"De-de-demon! Get away!" she yelled, she quickly grabbed the lamp next to her, watching cautiously every move he made.

"Well, that's not much help, is it?" he questioned mockingly.

His eyes were so entrancing, making anyone motionless and numb. He slowly grabbed her winter coldarm leaving her other arm, holding the lamp.

He held up her hand, her eyes watching him, every step of the way.

He lifted her hand to his face, her aroma shifted to his nose, she smelled as a red rose in a garden. Beautiful, yet, stingy. He placed a small peck on her warm rose scented hand.

He spoke with a solemn yet a kind voice." Please allow me this greeting. I am Yoh Asukura, prince and king to be of vampires. You are?"

She shifted away her hand from his; she glared at him with her black piercing eyes.

"What is your concern of who I am? I shall allow no greeting from you demon (vampire)!" she yelled with a strong tone.

"You are right. It is not my concern, yet, it still is. Besides, aren't you a demon too?" He smiled with a goofy one.

Anna was speechless. Until she summoned up her words.

"I am not a demon (vampire)." She coldly answered.

"If you are not demon, then why do you cast away from your own kingdom and village?" A purple haired boy coldly asked.

Anna was shocked. How did they know she was the princess of Yunakon (You-na-con) kingdom? Where they spying on her?

"No need to be shocked, we've known this for some time princess" Yoh sweetly answered.

She figured it out. They must of sensed her presence here, in Yunakon Kingdom. But, how? when? Why? And home,she wanted to go home, but she was badly injured from the run on of the villagers. She wanted to see Tamao, and Pilika.

Yoh moved his body upward and took a breath.

"I shall wait for thou downstairs, in the dining room. My loyal servant Horohoro (Trey) shall go to your kingdom, to check up on things. Meanwhile, I shall be waiting downstairs. There are few dresses in that dresser, they should fit you. Jun shall clean you up, I'll be waiting."

"Wait!" she stepped towards him, showing her beautiful face.

"Make sure your loyal servant checks up on my friend Tamao, and I swear, if he lays one finger on her, I shall murder him myself." She turned to see Horohoro at the door, her piercing eyes glaring at his confused face.

"Okay.um. You guys can go now. Yoh whispered in a silent tone. "Len, go get your sister!"

Within a second, all the young boys (except for Yoh) left the room, and shut the door.

He turned to face Anna, "I shall go now, and Jun will be here in a minute." Within a second, he disappeared, into the shadows.

Anna's POV

Why haven't I ever felt so safe near someone? It seems like he knows me, better than I know myself. He hides his expressions with that sweet goofy smile. But why? Has he had a tragic past as I? Or is he like that? A carefree person, whom smiles and cares for anyone, I've never met someone like that.

"You must be Anna, princess, yet demon of Yunakon Kingdom." A distant voice called out.

Anna swiftly regained her senses. She turned toward the locked door. A woman, about in her twenties. Was standing there, watching Anna. Her hair was tied up, leaving strings of her greenish hair around her neck. Of course, she was taller than Anna. She wore a pitch black dress, sleeveless, and no longer than to her knees.

"You must be Jun." Anna finally spoke.

Jun smiled innocently and walked towards Anna, with her hands on her thin waist.

"Yes, I am, I am sister of Len, the rude young man who does not have manners." She slightly curtsied at Anna. Leaving Anna speechless.

She stood up, facing Anna. She studied Anna for a moment, staring at her ragged and ripped dress. Then at her dirty blonde hair. She finished studying Anna, and then spoke.

"Now, let us get you cleaned up, let us start with a small bath. Ryu has gone and fetched the water; I shall make a small fire, to warm up the water."

"Fine then,But, I shall bath myself." Anna spoke coldly.

Let us go to Yoh and his friends

"Master Yoh, are you sure it is a good idea for us to keep the princess?" A green haired young mid age boy questioned.

"Lyserg, I know humans brought death to your family, but she isn't like that." Yoh turned to see his green eyed friend.

"You are right, she isn't like them, but neither is she like us." Lyserg stated in a matter of tone. He looked up at Yoh's goofy yet narrow eyes.

"You're right; she belongs with neither vampire nor human, but, she is still both. She has a winter cold heart, but beneath that winter snow, she has a warm and delicate heart. So she doesn't belong with humans or vampires, but with both." Yoh shifted his body toward a chair.

"My lord, shall I alone go to the kingdom?" a familiar voice toned.

Both Lyserg and Yoh turned to see Horohoro (Trey) standing in the mid hall.

Yoh tilted his head toward Horohoro's direction. "Len shall accompany you, just make sure when you leave, you make sure the barrier around my castle is strong enough to keep my brother away for some time. Meanwhile, Lyserg, you shall prepare dinner."

"Yes, me lord." Both vampires answered. Horohoro turned toward the dark hall way, while Lyserg turned toward the other direction.

Let us go to the Yunakon Kingdom

Stupid woman! Doesn't even care about her own daughter! She and her retched husband are the ones to blame, they hated Anna, because she was a girl. They were supposed to inherit the throne to a boy, but the queen gave birth to a girl. They are not the best of the king and queens. They lie, they hate, they torture, they are anything but pure good!

Pilika regained her senses when she heard a knocking at her wood carved door.

"Who is it!" she questioned with a cold tone.

"Uh, it is, um, Rukan (Ru-can)" an unfamiliar voice questioned.

"What kind of name is that? Rukan? Oh, come on! That is one hell of a name!" another voice scowled.

"I mean, I mean…um…Sid Rukan! I am here…to…clean! Queens's orders!" the voice answered.

"Clean? Clean what?" Pilika questioned as she headed for the door.

She slightly opened the door with caution………………………

"Stay quite!"

Two sixteen year old men grabbed her and covered her mouth. One of them wrapped a rope along her hand.

"Hmp!" Pilika tried to make a sound but couldn't.

"We shall not hurt you; we are friends of Princess Anna. We have come to see Tamao." A blue haired boy stated in a quite tone.

"We are not friends of that princess! We only came to check on the girl idiot! I cannot believe I agreed to come with you!" Len scowled.

"M-manna?" Pilika tried to state Anna's name.

She grabbed the door knob and gripped it tight. She bit Horohoro's hand with her strong teeth.

"Bloody hell!" Horohoro sweared. He grabbed his hand and blew with a swift air.

Len was about to step toward Pilika, but then she spoke

"Anna, where is Anna? Tell me where she is now!" Pilika demanded.

Len showed his deadly fangs, hissing at her

"She is safe, if that's what you're referring to, human."

Pilika stayed quite for a small moment, then spoke with caution.

"Why would you demons take care of her?"

"Do not ask me, I am only following orders. Now, tell me were the girl Tamao (Tamara)is! We have orders to check on her." Len hissed.

Before Pilika could speak she was interrupted.

"Why do you look so like mother?"

She looked toward the young blue haired boy. She stared at him for a long time then broke the silence, a thought raced to her, so did her memory

"You, you seem like father so-.no! Father never spoke about mother or even having a brother! Father only said she died when giving birth to me. Pilika stated to herself.

" My father?" Horohoro spoke with a cautioned voice.

"No! Why would you make such nonsense up? Father was never a demon! He said my mother died when giving birth to me!" Pilika stomped her foot and seemed frustrated.

"But- but that's it, mother said father died when he was helping mother give birth to me."Horohoro looked straight at Pilika's blue eyes. They both seemed…so alike. Yet, so different. Demon and human.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I hear footsteps" Len stated.

Pilika thought for a small moment. Her mind spun into a million webs. "Come then, I shall lead you to Tamao's room." Pilika spoke in whispers.

Horohoro and Len seemed confused. They were just arguing, now, she was leading them to the girl?

She locked the door and put the bronze key gently in her pocket.

As they began walking, Pilika and Horohoro stared at each other both looking into pure blue eyes. Both of their cloudy minds were now twisting and turning because of this five minute talk.

"Why did you decide to help us human?" Len asked in a silent whisper.

He noticed a tear streaming down from Pilika's pure blue eye. She shifted it away and spoke

"I have a lot of reasons, but my strongest reason is mostly depending on feeling. You know and suddenly feel you can trust someone by your own judging" she spoke with gentleness

Len noticed Horohoro with a blank yet concerned expression. He knew the feeling of it. It was like him and Jun having a fight; they would both feel this dark gap space which was guiltiness. They missed their parents; they were killed about 2 years ago. During this ever lasting war.; they were young, yet taken in by Yoh's father. The king of vampires

They came across a brown wood carved door. Pilika took out a small bronze key. She placed the small key in the lock, she turned it

CLICK!

She slowly opened the door.

"We must be quick, someone is approaching." Pilika spoke with concern.

Both of Horohoro and Len examined the young petite body on the bed. She was laying in a flat position. Her eyes were shut tight. Her breathing was hard as a sturdy rock. Her pinkish hair was covered with red blood. So was her left arm. Her face was a mix of colors, pink, red, and yellow to be exact.

"Take her to Anna. She is not safe here." Pilika spoke.

They both turned to see Pilika's sad expression. Her head was tilted front, with her wavy blue hair in her face.

"Did you not hear me? Take her! They will kill her! Thinking she is evil! Anna would not want that!" Pilika scowled.

Len and Horohoro looked at each other for a second; thinking of how, why, when, and Hao. Without a second thought, .they both turned their heads and nodded.

"Come with us mortal" Len stated rudely.

"You are in danger here too. Anna shall be happy when she sees you, and your fainted friend." Horohoro agreed.

For a moment she thought, Anna, Tamao, and these boys…can I trust them? Then, without a second more she nodded.

"Anna, I'm coming."

Let Us Go to Jun and Anna

"Oh, you smell very nice! Just like a pink blossom!" A green eyed woman complemented.

"Thanks, I guess" Anna stated.

They were both in this beautiful, big room. There were several rocks, piled in a circle. From six to eight rocks were stocked up in each line. Water was filled inside the circled rocks. (U know, like those hot springs in anime shows) Anna's petite body soothed in the warm waters, wrinkling her delicate skin. Her hair was as blonde, and bright again as a sun. She ran her fingers into her strings of hair. Twisting and playing with them. She turned toward Jun's direction. Jun was washing Anna's under garments and hanging them around the small window near the door.

"I shall be back in moments; I have left three dresses here, so you can choose for your meeting with Lord Yoh. You may borrow my old under garments, they surely will fit you. I'll be back in a few minutes." Jun smiled sweetly and opened the door and left.

In a matter of seconds, Anna came out of the soothing warm waters. She wrapped a long cloth around her shoulders. She examined the dresses on the table. One had gold strings around the neck, the whole dress was a greenish color, and was sleeveless; it was as long as Anna's old dress. She examined the other dresses. The goldish red one caught her eye. It was beautiful, bright red strings were tied around the chest part like shoe laces, it was neither too long nor too short. Around the red laces, bright gold stood out for the color around it. The bottom part bright gold too, except, roses were patterned so beautifully at the bottom, red roses to be exact. It was beautiful , one of a kind.

"This one" Anna called out before reaching over to get it.

"Beautiful" She said in amazement. Her eyes twinkling with excitement.

Let us go to Manta and Faust

"I swore she was here your highness!" a midget voice yelled.

"Please my queen, I beg your dismissal to search for them!" he recalled.

"Manta! They will be all right! Now shush! You shall not go! You tried to escape once! You shall not escape again! As for you Faust, stay here with Manta and check if they are probably still here!" Queen Kyouyama said in a demanding tone.

Manta tried to hide his anger and furious act with the queen.

The queen stepped toward the hall leaving them both.

"And I thought thou devil was evil" Faust seriously said.

"What does it matter to you?" Manta carelessly questioned.

"You don't know how much it matters." Faust answered somberly

Horohoro, Pilika, Tamao and Len

"It is beautiful" a woman spoke with gentleness.

"Humans, everything is beautiful to them" a scolding one added.

She turned her pure blue eyes towards his yellow bright ones. He held her by the waist; his position was straight forward flat. His long black cape whistled with the air.

He moved his mouth in position to talk.

"What? I am a vampire, I show no kindness to anyone." He rudely scolded.

"If you are so heartless, why do you bother with Anna? Me? Or Tamao?" Pilika smartly questioned.

He kept silent for a moment, thinking of why he felt so merciful upon her. Was it because she showed him kindness? Not like the humans whom killed his father and mother. She had a kind yet powerful heart. He turned his face to look at Horohoro. His sky blue eyes were filled with confusion, depression and anger. It was as if a mix of colors, all blending in a blender.

He carried the other young girl; he carried her on his back, in flat position. Her eyes were shut tight, and her pinkish hair was covered in red blood. Her small body seemed frozen as a rock, motionless.

They came upon millions of tress in their paths; they looked down to see the kingdom as a small ant hill.

Pilika turned to see the young boy's yellow eyes, his eyes concentrating further. She looked forward, to where he was looking; a blank spot of land was there.

His expression came upon his face and he called out "We are here"

TO BE CONTINUED……………..

So how is it? I'm sorry if it's too long or too short (which I think is impossible) Hope you like this chappy. Please review, I know this is mean, but if there aren't a lot of reviews, I won't update in a long long long time! Sorry if it sounds mean. Well, please review!