Chapter 9.

Alfred stood in front of the castle with the eerie mob standing silently behind him.

Eliza shoved her way next to Alfred and hit him lightly on the back of his head with her frying pan. Alfred looked at her and rubbed his head, "What was that for?" he asked her.

She glared at him, "Are we going in the castle or what?" she demanded of him, the crowd behind them cheered. Alfred sighed in annoyance, "Well I wanted to try the whole 'take them by surprise' tactic but I'm sure they already heard us!" He emphasized to Eliza.

Eliza rolled her eyes, "They probably saw the torches from the village," she pointed out, "And the noise we've been making haven't really helped!"

A smaller, blonde-haired man with a shotgun in his hands appeared next to Alfred, "Let's just invade already!" he said sharply.

Alfred (O'n'O)-ed, "Fine Vash, keep your pants on jeez…" he held his pistol in front of him and faced the front door. "Let's go!" he screamed and the crowd cheered, including Vash and Eliza. Alfred kicked the doors opened and pointed the gun. The living room was deserted.

Alfred hesitantly stepped inside, "Maybe you want to go first Eliz-?" he looked behind him but Eliza ran in front, searching the house. "Oh, sense I'm the Hero, I'll look for the leader Demon!" he giggled obnoxiously and ran up the grand stairs. The mob flooded the house, hungry for Demons.

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Toris hid underneath the grand stairs, hugging duel butcher knives to his chest, he heard the sounds of humans running around the living room, thrashing the whole place.

"Kesesese! A stone door!" a voice announced. "I'll check this out!" he heard the door open and people shuffle in.

"Edward, don't get yourself killed by mere mortals," Toris whispered to himself, knowing that Edward was hiding in the dungeons.

A snicker beside him startled the hiding Demon, "I found you scum." The voice flashed a large gun and aimed it at Toris's head. Toris gasped and kicked the man in the gut. He grunted and fell to his knees. "It's here! I found one!"

Toris dashed from his hiding place and found himself surrounded by villagers. He screamed and brandished his knives, "Stay away!" he threatened. The man from before swung his shotgun and pointed it at Toris's head.

Toris grabbed the front end of the shotgun and shoved it back into the man's head. He yelped and fell to the ground.

A woman with long, chestnut colored hair screamed and ran toward the Demon with her frying pan high in the air. Toris ducked and heard a scream coming from the dungeons, "Waah! I found one! Eliza, Help!" it said.

The woman paused and turned her head towards the dungeons, as she was distracted Toris slashed at her stomach. She stared at the blood with wide eyes, "G-Gilbert…" she whispered and fell backwards, "You idiot…" she finished.

Toris stood up straight and stared at the people surrounding him. "Why are you here?" he asked. "We haven't done anything to you! Are you people so half-witted that you have to rampage into a castle and kill anything you see?" he demanded.

A smallish black-haired man slowly made himself to the front of the crowd, "E-eto… We were only following Alfred-san's instructions. He told us that a little girl was kidnapped and we had to kill the kidnappers. Even Ludwig-san and Feliciano-san said that they saw a flying beast killing dogs!" he exclaimed.

Toris lowered his knives, "Was there anything wrong with the dogs?" he asked. "Rabies maybe?"

The man shook, "Eeetooo…" he looked up, "B-but you hurt Eliza-san!" he said trying to put blame onto the Demon.

Toris's eyes shifted black, "And I'll hurt you too if you don't leave right this second." He demanded.

The man backed into the crowd, shaking feverishly. The shotgun guy staggered to his feet.

Toris looked from the man, to Eliza, and to the crowd. "Fine." He raised his knives, "Come at me."

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Edward kneaded the end of his shirt as he heard stomps and shouts above him; "They're here…" he dashed and hid in the dark corner of the last cell.

He heard the door open, "Kesesese a stone door! I'll check this out!" he heard a voice yell. Edward stood perfectly still as he heard two figures shuffle down into the dungeons.

"Come on you pansy! It was just a cobweb Kesesese!" the first voice yelled.

"Well sorry if I don't know what the heck is down here, is that a skeleton?" the second voice screamed. Edward poised himself to launch upon the men as they grew closer to his cage; his fingernails became longer and thicker, they turned a solid black.

"Hey look! There's something back there!" a man with white hair pointed in the direction of Edward's corner. "You go first Roderich!" he announced.

The man with shorter, chestnut colored hair rolled his eyes, "You're the one with the 'awesome' sword, why don't you go in first?" he asked.

The first man laughed obnoxiously, "Fine! The Awesome Me will show you how it's done!" he held out a thin sword out in front of him and advanced upon Edward. "I think there is something there…" he said curiously.

Edward growled and leaped on the man and clawed at his throat. "Waah! I found one! Eliza, Help!" he screamed.

The first man pointed his own sword at the Demon, "Get off of him now." He demanded. Edward looked up and pinned Gilbert's throat down with his fingernails.

"And why should I do that?" he asked.

Roderich swiftly grabbed Edward's hair and pulled it upward, he thrusted the blade at his throat. "That's why." He answered.

Edward smiled and pushed his thumb nails into Gilbert's windpipe, Gilbert gasped hoarsely, "B-Brudder…" he said scratchily.

Roderich glared at him and pushed the blade closer to Edward's neck.

"You're friend is closer to dying then I'll ever be. If I lose this body I can just go to another, maybe yours…" he smirked and drew a small amount of blood from Gilbert's neck. Roderich's eyes widened and he dropped the blade. Edward stood up, "Good little one…" he patted the man's head and his eyes shifted black.

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Alfred held his pistol out in front of him as he walked slowly down the dark hallway. He peeked into the room and slowly opened the door. A dark figure stood at the other end of the room, staring out the large, open window.

"Toris?" it spoke without turning around, "Are they all dead?" It asked.

Alfred glared at its back, "If you replace the name Toris with Alfred, then yes, all the Demons are dead!" he shouted at the figure. It turned around swiftly, Alfred figured out it had short, silvery-blonde hair and piercing purple eyes; those eyes twisted up into a glare.

"Who the hell are you?" he said through his teeth.

Alfred smirked, "I'm the Hero who is going to send your sorry ass back to hell!" he pointed the pistol at Ivan and fired.

Ivan expertly dodged the bullet and dashed towards Alfred. Alfred's eyes widened and he buffaloed Ivan over the head with it. Ivan dropped to the ground and held his head.

Alfred laughed nervously and backed up, reloading his pistol. Ivan staggered back to his feet and growled at Alfred, "Kolkolkolkolkolkol…" he repeatedly muttered. "You're the Alfred who always annoys my Yao da?" Alfred's eyes widened, "And are you the sick bastard who locked her up in this dingy castle?" he countered.

The two glared into each other's eyes, Ivan's shifted to black and his fingernails turned an ugly shade of black. "I'll gouge your eyes out!" he leaped at Alfred and smacked the side of his head.

Alfred stumbled to the ground and held his bleeding ear; Ivan kicked the pistol out of the American's hand and it skidded towards the window.

He propped himself up on his elbows and staggered to his feet, "I don't need that." He lunged at Ivan and shoved his fist into Ivan's stomach. He coughed and grabbed onto Alfred's hair and lifted him a few inches off the ground. Ivan put his free hand at Alfred's neck and pinned him up against the wall. Alfred gasped and glared at the Demon.

"Go ahead! Kill me! But what would Yao say if you killed someone from her village? Huh?" he screamed.

Ivan pierced Alfred's windpipe with his nails, "Maybe I will kill you da? Do you have any last words?" he asked smiling.

Alfred opened his mouth to say something when a small, Asian girl burst her way through the window, "Ivan aru!" she screamed.

Ivan quickly let go of Alfred and turned towards Yao, his eyes shifted back to purple, "Yao! You came back!" he ran towards her and gathered the girl up in a huge bear hug.

Yao choked slightly, "I-Ivan aru, can't breathe!" she staggered out. Ivan quickly let go of her and smiled, "Sorry…" he apologized.

Alfred coughed heavily behind the happy pair and Yao peeked behind Ivan to see, "Alfred aru?" Ivan looked behind him and growled at Alfred. He staggered to his feet and glared.

"Demon, get your dirty fucking hands off that girl." He threatened.

"Alfred, stop being cruel aru!" she yelled at him.

"He almost killed me! How are you defending something, that isn't even human! You don't even know what he's done! That thing has probably killed hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people; people like you, me, and even your dad! If we don't kill him now, he'll keep killing!"

Yao opened her mouth to say something, but lost her words. She glared menacingly at Alfred, "How many people have you hurt Alfred? How many innocent lives aru?" she countered. "Ivan is human, just a certain kind. He has feelings, he has friends, and he has a father."

Ivan looked at Yao and smiled, pleased that she had stood up for him. Yao smiled back and kissed him on the cheek. Alfred's eyes were the perfect scene of anger and envy.

"Noo!" he screamed and launched himself at Ivan; Ivan shoved Yao out of the way as Alfred decreased distance between them. Alfred shouldered Ivan off of his balance and towards the open window, "Die Demon!" Alfred shouted and pushed Ivan off the edge. Yao screamed, "Ivan!" her voice echoed through the room.

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Kitty: Sorry I had to end this a little early, but it might be the longest chapter so far! :'D I really appreciate the reviews, and part of the fight scene was dedicated to 'fire hores is awesome'. Don't worry, Eliza isn't dead…. Maybe ;3

This might have been left at a cliffhanger, there might be more fighting and a little bloody scene ahead, I hope I got the fight scene good! I tried super hard! I love you all!