To the readers: Sorry for ending the previous chapter like that. I suck at giving endings. But thanks for taking your time to read my lame story. I really appreciate it.

To Madoka and jdcocoagirl: Thank you for making a review. Hope this chapter answers your question. :)

Disclaimer: Beelzebub is not mine

Chapter IV

Chase

Hah..hah..hah...

The two men were out of their breaths when they stopped and turned in a corner. The white haired man stood close to the wall and peeked nervously. At the distance, he saw a blonde woman who was running here and there with a sword in her hand. He quickly drew his head from the corner fearing that the woman would see him.

"This is not good Oga...this is not good", the white haired man shook his head.

"What are you saying Furuichi?" Oga asked his friend.

The pink haired girl butted in, "Um...will you put me down now? Please?"

Oga turned to Furuichi. The white haired man gave him a shaky nod. He put down Lamia and sat down beside his friend. The girl glanced at Furuichi then bowed her head to hide her blushing face. The two men saw it and were surprised, especially Furuichi who shuddered nervously.

"Do you know each other?" asked Oga who instantly put on a blank face.

"Eh? Well...um..." the blushing girl fidgeted and clenched her fists on her skirt. "He is... We are..."

"Lamia!" Furuichi suddenly shouted at the girl. "Do you know that beautiful blonde woman?"

"Huh? You mean Hilda-nee? O-Of course I know her..."

"So her name's Hilda..." whispered Furuichi whose mind suddenly seemed to wander somewhere else. "Hilda..."

Bonk!

Oga blew a fist on Furuichi's head which then instantly resulted into a big red bump.

"Don't go changing the subject you idiot."

"That hurt you devil!" cried his white haired friend.

"Oh that so? You want another one?" Oga smiled at him with his evil grin.

"Alright, alright. I'll tell you so stop that weird grin of yours. It gives me creeps!"

"Like you're one to talk idiot..." muttered Oga.

Lamia sat on a crate in front of them. She still couldn't believe that she'd meet the two of them like this. Her face became serious as she waited Furuichi to explain.

"First of all", Furuichi started, "Oga, don't you recognize her?"

"Huh?"

Oga glanced at Lamia. He put a hand under his chin trying to remember if he had already met the pink haired girl before.

Furuichi looked at his friend who sat there like "The Thinker". He immediately interrupted the man realizing that it'd take a whole day for the latter to remember the girl.

"Ah forget it! She's Folkas's daughter. Remember?"

"Huh? Oh, I see... There's a resemblance", Oga nodded as if to agree with Furuichi, but then, "Who's Folkas by the way?"

Paak!

Furuichi punched his friend on the face. "Idiot! You're such an idiot Oga. Folkas is the royal physician of the palace! How could you forget him!?"

"Ah, I remember now", Oga said while looking back at Lamia. "Wait... That means... You're the daughter of that scar faced old goat?!"

"Hey, don't you call my father like that!" shouted Lamia from her seat.

Meanwhile, after his friend just made a realization, Furuichi couldn't help but made a deadpanned face. He also made a monologue in his head which goes something like this, "I already told you, you stupid moron! Go die!"

Oga just scratched the back of his head.
With an impassive face, he then asked, "So, how do you know each other?"

Furuichi snapped from his thoughts and began to sweatdrop. Lamia, on the other hand, started to blush and fidget back on her seat.

"Well..." the white man started calmly. "Let's just say that her family and my family are acquainted... and... our families share a common business."

"Eh? So, in other words, you're her... fiance?" asked Oga who just randomly pulled the question out from his brain.

However, Lamia and Furuichi gaped as wide as their mouths can when they heard the man. The girl blushed wildly as her face turned tomato red. The white haired man on the other hand turned ghostly pale as if his black haired friend just hit the mark.

"Tch", Hilda said under her breath. "I've lost them."

She was running wildly around town searching for the two men who 'abducted' her friend. She couldn't understand what happened back at the shop when the one named Furuichi suddenly told his friend to grab Lamia. Based on the reaction of her friend and the man, she could've guessed that they knew each other. But then, they must have also known about Lamia's background that was why they took her. Yes, that was the only logical reason she could think of. Right now, the two men might be already planning to use Lamia to get a huge ransom from her parents. Or worse, they might be even torturing her poor friend.

She shuddered when she thought about the latter. She blamed herself for what happened. If they had only left the town immediately, this wouldn't happen to her friend. If she'd only refused to go with Lamia, this bad luck wouldn't befall on them.

She must find and save her friend before the end of the day. She must do it or else it will be too late. But then, she must do it carefully. She didn't want her aunt to find out that she's doing this kind of stupidity again.

Before starting on her little quest, Hilda quickly put on the hood of her cape and pulled it a little bit lower to cover her face. She strapped her new sword at her waist so nobody would see it. She decided that she'd look for abandoned places as it would be the most likely place they'd take Lamia.

When she was about to walk, a hand suddenly caught her by the shoulder. Hilda froze and tensed under her cape.

"Oi blondie, going somewhere?"

Hilda quickly slapped the hand from her shoulders. She jumped a few feet away from where she stood. Her right hand tightened its grip on the hilt of her sword. When she raised her head, she saw three men with familiar faces standing in front of her.

"That's her Kanzaki-san!" the big man shouted while pointing a finger at her.

"Oh it's the girl who beat up Kanzaki-kun", said the man beside him.

"Shut up Natsume", Kanzaki snarled.

Hilda calmly looked at the orange haired man then said, "Oi lip chain freak, move your stupid ass out of my way!"

A vein popped on Kanzaki's head. He gritted his teeth and started crunching his fists.

"Huh? Why are you in a hurry blondie? We haven't settled the score yet."

Hilda frowned at the man. She didn't want to start another ruckus. She then remembered that he was the one she beat up the other day and the one who got defeated by the King. That means, this man possibly knew where the two men took Lamia.

She pointed her sword at the man and asked, "Where is he?"

Kanzaki looked at the sharp blade pointed at him. He started to sweat but manage to scowl at the blonde. "Who you're looking for? You wanna fight with me right?"

"Moron! Tell me where that black haired dumb ass is hiding or I'll slit your throat."

"Do you mean Oga?" Natsume butted in with his usual smiling face. "Sorry. But we haven't seen him since this morning. It's funny. It's seems like the whole town is looking for him too."

"Hey, blondie. What's your business with Oga?"

Hilda glared at him. "That's none of your business!"

"Huh? Oh I see... You're Oga's woman, aren't you?"

Without any hesitation, Hilda kicked the man on his face. He flew in the air like before. His two friends had to look up in the sky and had to follow him where he's going to land. Fortunately, Kanzaki landed on a nearby tree.

"You damn blonde!", Kanzaki cursed as he hugged the branch where he fell.

"That was a nice flight Kanzaki-kun", laughed Natsume. "Good landing too."

"Stop that Natsume", said the big guy Shiroyama. "Help me get Kanzaki-san from this tree!"

"I'm gonna beat you up, blonde! Ya hear that?!" Kanzaki shouted as he struggled not to fall from the tree.

Hilda looked at them with a smirk on her face. "Fools... Why don't you do that when you get down from there? Too bad though. I'm in a hurry."

When she said that, the branch that Kanzaki was clinging to broke off. He fell on the ground with a loud thud and groaned as he landed on his back. Shiroyama quickly helped him stood up. When he looked around, the blonde was already gone. He fumed in anger that he kicked the branch that was now lying on the ground and smacked right up on Shiroyama's face.

"The hell did she go?!" Kanzaki shouted.

"There Kanzaki-san!" Shiroyama pointed at a blonde who was jostling her way through the crowd. His other hand was holding his nose to stop it from bleeding.

Kanzaki and his friends went after the blonde but when they arrived where they last saw her, the blonde woman was not there anymore.

Hilda immediately hid herself around the corner of a stall as soon as she noticed that the three thugs were running after her. She almost bumped into the wall in the process when she hadn't caught her balance. The men who's chasing after her stopped in front of the stall, near to where she was hiding. They were searching the place but they didn't find her. Soon enough, the three men went away and searched in another place.

Hilda sighed after the three stooges left. She thought of searching for Lamia in another location too in case the thugs came back. However, when she was about to leave, she suddenly heard voices talking behind the pile of old crates just a few feet away from her. She was intrigued by the voices so she moved closer to the crates. She leaned her blonde head forward and listened. To her surprise, she recognized a familiar voice.

"Lamia!" she shouted the name in her head as she quickly jumped out from behind the crates.

Next chapter will give some hints about Oga. I'll update soon. Thanks for reading. Please review.