Wow, its been a while. I'm sorry but I lost all motivation to write this story. Then I got a PM asking if I was going to finish it. I didn't want to give up on it ... So here's another chapter. I'm a little rusty because its been awhile. I've been really focusing on school and all the other extra curricular stuff I do but I finally finished a chapter! I hope its decent. :)


Chapter 4

"Gilbert Beilschmidt …"

Elizaveta glanced back down at her nails before continuing through the forest. It wasn't hard finding out his location. The Vatican was dead set on finding him and they made a huge deal about it. The news reached almost everywhere.

"Stupid Catholics, something bad happens and they don't know how to shut up about it," the demon girl sighed. "Oh well. All that matters anyway is that I find this guy before they do."

She stopped in her tracks however, when a loud raspy voice suddenly exclaimed, "Now isn't this a weird sight. The Demon Queen is talking to herself like a complete fool." Swiftly, the lady turned, her eyes flashed at the sight of another demon. The demon bull before her crouched down, his huge nostrils flared causing powerful thrusts of steam to puff out.

Elizaveta looked on with disgust. "What do you want Visad? Last time I saw you, you were in the depths of hell itself."

The demon, Visad, snorted, "Very funny. And it wasn't the depths of hell, bitch."

Elizaveta frowned at this but continued to play along. "Well, whatever. What do you want with me? I have things I need to get done." She never really did like Visad. He was always such a sadist and all he did was torment the weak. He thought he was badass but even Elizaveta could end him.

Visad laughed. "Sure you do. You don't have enough time to entertain me then?"

That was it. Swiftly Elizaveta shot at him and lifted her leg. With one quick kick, she brought her foot down upon his hairy head. It was all too fast for him. Visad was surprised when suddenly his body crashed into the dirt below.

Elizaveta glared down at him. "I don't have time for you. Stop wasting my time!" Visad growled at this and struggled to stand but was continuously beaten down by his enemy's boot. The Demon struggled causing Elizaveta to smile. He just looked too pathetic. "So tell me, did you want something with me Visad?"

Refusing to give in, the creature below her growled, "Shut the hell up! I'll beat you!"

Hearing this, Elizaveta dug her shoe into him even more causing him to cry out in pain. "Oh, give up now. We wouldn't want you to get brain damage do we?" she grinned. "Oh wait, you already do."

"Bitch!"

With one final push, his face was engraved into the dirt below. "That's really getting old," Elizaveta told him. Hesitantly she lifted her leg, breathing slowly. "And that's that."

Visad made no noise as she watched his motionless body for a few more seconds. After a while she assumed he was dead and turned, still keeping her guard up.

"ARGGHHH!"

Just as expected, Visad's body came rushing towards her for a final blow but before he could make it, with one swift kick she sent him flying. The demon grunted as his back collided with dozens of trees. A flock of birds took to the air immediately once their home had been destroyed.

Elizaveta couldn't help but breathe heavily. She put everything she could muster at the moment into that kick to finish him off. Hopefully he was down for good now. Not wanting to stay and find out, Elizaveta leaped onto an undamaged tree and hopped to another, taking her leave.


"So…" began Gilbert, taking a bite out of his wurst. "… How have you been Lili?"

Lili looked up from her plate. "Fine. I'm still getting used to living alone." Hearing this, Gilbert did not respond and continued on his plate. "I have you two to thank … for everything really," she murmured softly. "If you guys hadn't been sending me all that money, I wouldn't be able to stay here and get a good education. I'm sure that's what big bruder, Vash would've wanted. I really appreciate it."

Trying to stray away from an uncomfortable conversation, Ludwig glanced over and asked, "How is high school fairing? I'm afraid I don't remember much about school."

"Oh, you dropped out didn't you?" Lili asked, avoiding his previous question.

"Yes," was his quick reply.

"And how old are you now?" she questioned, a little curious.

Feeling the need to rethink his answer, the German hesitated. "… Um … twenty. I'm still pretty young."

"I'm twenty five!" Gilbert cheered. "Suck it West, I'm older."

"Yes, of course. It's not like not I'm reminded of that every day," Ludwig grumbled, with a roll of his eyes. "And just because you're older it doesn't mean you're smarter."

Blocking out the argument she feared would come, Lili nodded her head and mutter under her breath, "Four age difference …"

However, the two brothers heard this and glanced back at her. "Huh?"

"Oh! I-I was just thinking about something!" she replied quickly.

"Wait, how old are you now?" Gilbert asked. Lili smiled politely at him before answering, "I just turned sixteen a few days ago."

At this, the albino whined. "Awww! We missed your birthday!"

However, Ludwig's reaction was different and his thoughts suddenly drifted. Four years

"So did you have an awesome Sweet 16?! Did you get wasted?" Gilbert questioned excitedly. Ludwig smacked him again. It wasn't long before the two realized Lili had gone silent.

"A-Actually," she murmured, "I didn't have a party at all. No one would've come even if I asked politely." The two brothers did not speak. "I wasn't going to say anything … but I'm not well liked at school. No matter what I do, they just don't seem to like me … my classmates. I don't know … I don't know why. I-I try my hardest and-" Lili felt her shoulders melt. What was this feeling? Was it relief? She was never able to explain her thoughts about school out loud to anyone before.

No. It was overwhelming sadness. It had bottled up inside. She was certain now that at any moment she would crack and burst into tears. She didn't want to do that. Not in front of the two brothers. Not in front of her guests. What would they think? What would they say about it? They wouldn't pity her would they? Feeling that, the situation would turn out embarrassing, Lili sniffed, trying her hardest to hold back any tears that might threaten to fall.

"I really don't understand. I smile at them and listen to them … but they don't … they push me away like I'm trash."

"I really don't know I did to make them hate me …" Lili felt her vision begin to blur. Any minute now, she knew she wouldn't be able to hold the tears back. "S-So yeah … I didn't have a Sweet 16." The amount of tears enlarged after every drop as she remembered the cold night alone in her bedroom. The date on the calendar had been circled over many times. Lili had cuddled into her blankets and cried. She cried and cried and cried until her body couldn't take it and she fell asleep. The night of her birthday.

Gilbert and Ludwig stared as Lili began to sob sadly. Such sad tears …

Before he could comprehend what he was doing, Ludwig, the cold and emotionless one, moved closer, bringing his chair along with him, and wrapped steady hands around her small form. Pulling her closer he whispered softly in her ear, making her welcome and lean into the embrace.

Gilbert, feeling as though his presence in the room was unneeded and completely awkward, excused himself and set his now empty plate in the sink.

Finding his way over to the living room, Gilbert plopped down onto a couch. Pulling out the red crystal, his eyes began to skim over it once more before remembering what had happened the day he and his brother ran away.

Curiously, Gilbert groped out the ear communicator Lien had thrown him while they were escaping. Why did she give it to him? Was she planning on helping out? Could she even be trusted?

Shrugging, the albino set the communicator back into his pocket. I'll have to ask what Luddy thinks about this. Now … where are those old guest beds?

With a quick leap, Gilbert was on his feet and up the stairs. He felt terrible that Lili was having a hard time at school but what could he do about it? It wasn't like he could beat up the kids treating her unfair-

Gilbert grinned evilly before finding a random room and falling asleep. He needed a good night's rest so he'd feel refreshed the next morning.


Lien huffed.

So much for being a member of the Vatican.

So far they had been treating her completely unfairly. They gave her her own office … except it wasn't an office. It just happened to be a very huge closet. Not only that but she had been assigned to the clumsiest assistant ever, Feliciano Vargas. Apparently his family held a big part in the Catholic Church. All of his ancestors were Catholic and extremely worthy and well known people. Many had high expectations for him.

The sad fact was that he wasn't good at much. Cute face … but Lien had to admit … he was an airhead.

She had been working with him since yesterday and all he seemed to talk about was pasta. If not pasta, then his Grandpa Romulus. And if it's not about his Grandpa Romulus, it's about his fratello.

But no matter how much Lien complained, she could never hate the guy. He was too kind and there was something about him …

Anyway, life in the Vatican wasn't all she dreamed of. Sure she was the first Buddhist with such a high ranking but it just wasn't right for some reason. And then she had that whole Gilbert thing to worry about.

Sighing, the Vietnamese girl stood up. "I'm going to get a cup of coffee."


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