Author: TwilightAoi

Story: The Demon – Chapter 7

Category : Video Games – Soul Calibur

Rating : M (Or NC-17)

Pairings: Same as usual.

To my reviewer, Fiona Fairhame - Um, actually... well, you'll see what happens. Hope you like this chapter!

It was a very long journey. And it was the same everyday. Kilik and Xianghua walked around deck holding hands, Xianghua almost a mirror of Mi-Na. She looked depressed, because she was. She was aching to have her friend be normal again. Wouldn't Mi-Na ever move on?

No. Mi-Na stayed close to Hwang. She finally looked at Yun-Seong when he was speaking, though, and everyone took it as a good sign. Hwang allowed Yun-Seong to sit and talk with Mi-Na, but everyone else was still forbidden.

When the dolphins came again, Mi-Na remembered what Hwang had told her. 'They bring good luck… I know I'll need some…' She reached her hand over the side of the boat, and one jumped up, grazing it with its dorsal fin. Mi-Na gave her first real smile in days, but no one saw it.

Hwang rushed over quickly, placing one hand on her waist, and one under her elbow, drawing her back. "You'll fall in…" He warned, but she looked up at him, angry. He was shocked. She pulled away from him and fled to their cabin.

Xianghua felt it was her turn to give it a try. She went below deck, and into Mi-Na's room. The door was open, and she'd never needed to knock before. Mi-Na was standing by the porthole, watching the murky water and the dolphins. "Hey, Mi-Na?"

Mi-Na looked over at her. She could continue.

"Do you want to go… I don't know… hang out? Like we used to?" She asked, giving her a bright smile.

"No." She said clearly, turning and looking back at the water. "Go away. I don't want to hang out with any of you."

Her first words spoken in days… the Chinese girl hadn't expected them to be so mean! She felt hot tears welling in her eyes, and fled from the room, slamming the door.

Mi-Na jumped when she heard the slam. She wanted to be alone. Hwang had said the dolphins were good luck, so why couldn't she touch them? Did it matter if she fell in the water? She could swim! No… she finally opens up a little, and he pulls her back in!

Xianghua ran down the hall, accidentally knocking shoulders with someone. Just her luck. She gets clumsy now. "Sorry…" She mumbled.

"Don't worry about it." It was Yun-Seong. "Hey, you okay?"

She stopped, sniffling. "No….! Mi-Na… she yelled at me!" She said, a rush of emotion, and tears, crossing her face. "I asked her if she wanted to hang out, and she basically said she hated all of us!"

Xianghua's loud voice and sobs brought the other two men below deck. "What's going on?" Kilik asked, going to Xianghua to offer his lover some comfort.

"Mi-Na yelled at her." Yun-Seong said.

"Mi-Na yelled?" Kilik raised a brow. "Isn't that good progress?"

Xianghua became even more upset. "NO! She hates all of us now, 'cept Hwang!" She repeated. Why was it so backwards? It used to be the other way 'round!

"I'm sure she doesn't hate you." Hwang tried to smooth it out, but Xianghua just kept sobbing. "You guys are her friends. Look, I know Mi-Na. If she said something like that, it's just because she's upset."

"Yeah. She says she hates Hwang here all the time." Yun-Seong nudged the man in the side and sniggered.

"Shut up."

"What? She says she hates her dad all the time too!"

"Cheer up, I'm sure she'll…" Everyone blinked as they saw Mi-Na close the door to her room. She walked straight down the hall. For a moment, they all thought she was going to push through them and walk up the stairs.

No. She stopped right in front of Xianghua.

"Xiang…" She felt so guilty. Xianghua was her best friend. And now she was crying. And it was her fault. "I'm so sorry… I didn't mean it that way…"

"Mi-Na…" Xianghua looked up at her. Mi-na's eyes were red too.

"I don't hate any of you… I love you guys…" She wrapped her arms around Xianghua's shoulders, and pulled the smaller girl into a hug.

Xianghua eagerly hugged back. It looked like the old one wasn't completely gone after all.

That was chapter seven. Sorry it was so short. I promise, all the chapters will be longer than this one. But, yeah, I couldn't make Mi-Na mopey forever. REVIEW!