Chapter 8.

[I understand this may be a bit confusing, time wise. The scene in the bar happened a couple of days after Ludwig and Feliciano saw Ivan killing the dogs. –ehem- and err, I guess Arthur was passed out for a few days before he went to the bar to ask for help. I hope that clears a few things up! ^^;]

Yao sat on her bed cross-legged and looked sadly at Ivan.

"Are you sure you have to see your father?" he asked Yao.

Yao nodded, "I haven't seen Daddy in forever aru!" she told him. "I just want to visit for a few days, and then I'll be back! Pinky Promise aru?" she held out her pinky to Ivan.

Ivan tilted his head in confusion, "Pinky Promise?" he asked in confusion.

Yao snickered, "I can't believe how much you don't know aru!" she held Ivan's hand and pulled out his pinky, "Like this…" she wrapped her pinky around his, she bobbed her hand up and down. "That's a pinky promise aru, It means that I'll never let you down." She smiled and tilted her head, "If I break this promise, you can cut my pinky off aru!"

Ivan gasped, "Why would I want to do that?" he yanked his pinky away from Yao's grasp, "Such a strange human ritual…" he held Yao's hand, "I don't care if you break it, and I can just fly over and visit you. I just don't want to cut off your pinky…" he confessed to her.

Yao blushed lightly, "I-I have to go…" she lowered her head. Ivan thought a little, "Maybe Raivis should escort you home da? I don't want a repeat of last time" he smiled a little and patted her head.

Yao nodded, "Xièxiè Ivan." She stood up from her bed and awkwardly smiled at him, "You know, I was really frightened of you when I first saw you… But you're really sweet."

Ivan blushed, "D-da…" he stood up abruptly, "Y-you better go." He shook a little and tried to hide his face.

Yao walked down to the door where Raivis was waiting for her, "Goodbye Ivan…" she waved at him.

Ivan waved back, "Goodbye Yao…"

Raivis led the way out and Yao closed the door behind her; after a few steps inside the woods, Yao stopped and gasped. Raivis looked behind him curiously at Yao, "What's wrong Miss Yao?"

She blushed slightly, "He called me Yao…" she said softly.

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Alfred held high a flaming torch, "Arthur dude! The beast, it lives the castle?" Arthur nodded, "Yes! I don't care how many of those monsters you kill, but I want you to get my daughter back!" Alfred smirked and nodded.

Miss Eliza, the brown-haired woman, raised a frying pan high in the air, "Let's go already!" she shouted. Alfred looked at her and the group of fighters cheered in unison. Alfred hopped down from a small pile of boxes and led them towards the forest, "What're we gonna do?" he shouted.

"Kill the beast!" the mob shouted in return.

"And who're we gonna save?"

"The Girl!"

Alfred nodded obnoxiously and heard a rustle in the brush ahead. "Wait." He signaled the crowd and aimed his pistol ahead. "Show yourself!" he shouted.

The brush quivered violently and a tattered Wang Yao fell out of it. "Aiyah! Alfred aru, what's your problem pointing that gun at me!" she stood up swiftly and Arthur forced his way through the crowd.

"Yao!" he broke through and held his daughter in a tight embrace, "I thought I lost you Yao! Never leave my side, please!" Yao looked at her father and hugged him back softly, "I missed you too Daddy… but I have to go back." She explained.

Alfred and the rest of the mob gasped, he hopped forward, "Did those beasts put a curse on you?" he demanded and turned towards the crowd. "That means we have to kill them! Yao needs freedom as much as the rest of us! We have to kill them!" the mob roared in agreement.

Yao pulled herself out of her father's grasp and faced Alfred, "Aiyah! It's just a misunderstanding aru! I mean, not really because they haven't really mentioned killing the village," she added quietly, "But you can't kill them aru!" she protested.

Alfred gasped dramatically, "They have her brainwashed as well!" he exclaimed and raised his torch, "Go my mob! We have to kill the beast!" he marched forward and Yao jumped in front of him, "No aru!" she screamed.

Alfred sighed in annoyance, "Arthur, can you keep her here?" Arthur nodded vigorously, "Yes, just kill those monsters that kidnapped my daughter!" Arthur grabbed his daughter's wrists and tried to hold her back. Yao struggled and started crying, "No! You can't kill them!" she screamed and tears streamed down her cheeks.

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Yao sobbed loudly in her old room at Arthur's house, "It's not fair Daddy! They're sweet, and nice! They're not monsters!" she glared at Arthur. He patted his daughter's back, "I'm sorry, but it has to be done Yao," he tried to explain.

Yao growled inhumanly, "It does not have to be done!" she screamed at him.

Arthur gasped and leaned back a little bit, "I-I'm sorry dear…" a soft knock sounded at the door and Arthur stood up to answer it. Yao lay down on her stomach on the bed and sobbed loudly into her pillow.

"It's one of them! They came back to kill us!" she heard her father scream from the front door. Yao peeked through her fingers and Raivis strolled in the cottage as Arthur was cowering in the corner.

"Miss Yao, we have to get back to the castle. Did you see that mob? It'll destroy them without us!" he explained.

Yao quickly sat up, "B-But what would I do to help?" she asked him.

Raivis thought, "I think Ivan would fight harder if he saw you cheering him on?" he suggested with a smile.

Arthur staggered to his feet and held out a silver cross, "Demon. I want you out of my house!" Raivis looked at him and eyed the cross; "Sir, I'm not here to hurt you!" he took a step back and tried not to look in fear at the cross.

"Daddy!" Yao leaped in between them and glared at her dad, "He's my friend Daddy, so you have to treat our company as a gentleman would." She shoved her dad's words right down his throat. Arthur struggled and looked past Yao to the demon behind her. He doesn't look any different than a normal soul would, he looked genuinely concerned about his daughter's and his family's safety. He was similar to Arthur morally. Arthur sighed and dropped the cross, "Fine, you should probably go save your friends…" he looked at Raivis with hardened eyes, "Don't let my daughter get hurt." He demanded of him.

Raivis bowed his head, "Of course Sir…" he raised his head again and held Yao's wrist, "Let's go Miss Yao." Yao nodded and followed Raivis back into the forest.

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Kitty: Oh. My. God. GUESS WHAT'S NEXT? The huge fight between mortals and demons! I know I sorta ended on a cliffhanger but I'll try to update A.S.A.P! I pinky promise! –holds out pinky- No copyrite intended.

Yao: Nihao! I noticed a Chinese phrase included in their aru! Xièxiè is 'Thank You' in Chinese!