Ritsuka ran across the fields. He wasn't running away from anything he was running toward something.
"Mother!" The little demon yelled as he tried to run towards them. He didn't know how this could have happened! His mother was out getting some food and then he heard a cry that he knew off the bat was his mother's cry. As he went to go check it out he noticed that humans were taking her away. His mother roared and tried to fight back, but the humans used so sort of sticks to take her down. They took her into a machine that sounded so horrible and ran away. Ritsuka tried so hard to follow the machine, but it was so fast he couldn't catch up. "Mother!" He yelled once more. He stopped as his knees felt very weak and he fell to the floor to catch his breath. "Mother..." He said has his fist curled itself into a ball from rage. This wasn't fair! They weren't in any human area! How could they have just taken her away? It didn't make any sense! His ears flat themselves down as his two split tail curled itself on his lap, what was he suppose to do to now?
A demon could only live on it's own when he or she was 16 and he was merely 12. The only thing that came to his mind was to enter the human area. It was forbidden since the old war time, but he didn't have any place to go anymore. His mother was the only one he had, he could have looked for other neko demons, but he was different. That was the main reason he couldn't bond with any other cat demon. Ritsuka began his walk out of the woods and the start to search for his mother.
2 weeks Later
"Soubi, why are we in the woods again?" A blond haired college boy questioned as he looked down toward his new iphone. It was the year of 2011 and new technology has just barely started to show it self. Everyone was into the new life, everyone expect a college boy named Agatsuma Soubi.
"To take a camping trip Kio. I thought we discussed this the other day" Soubi replied as he continued to drive his car up the curve.
"Oh yea that's right. We could have just gone to my house and watch the new Paranormal Activity movie" Kio responded as he placed his hand on his cheek as he leaned on the window seal.
Soubi sighed, "Kio it's a beautiful day outside and you want to spend it by watching a horror movie?"
His blond friend shrugged his shoulders, "Better than nothing if you ask me. I mean what are we going to do out in the "wilderness" anyway?"
"We can climb, we can swim, we can do anything besides sitting on the couch all day," Soubi passed a yellow sign symbolizing a demon. "Are these part of the woods still demon area?"
"Nope, I heard that all hunters and poachers killed them all" Kio answered as he continued to lick on his lollipop. Strawberry was always his favorite!
"Then why would they still have a sign warning citizens? It just doesn't make any sense...a mistake perhaps?" The blond college boy questioned. Soubi didn't believe in their own new "leader" making changes, in fact it was all his fault this happened and he was angered by the people to be too stupid enough to realize that all these changes weren't to benefit the people, but to benefit himself.
Kio chuckled at his friends question, "I don't think so, remember he doesn't make mistakes. Boy did he show the state that he couldn't make any mistakes"
"Do you think the world was better before the war between humans and demons?" This really bothered Soubi. He believed that demons weren't evil creatures that attacked humans for no reason. He's never met one before, but he felt like he wanted to prove to the world that this war between the two species was pointless.
"My mother told me that the old days were horrible. How demons use to kidnap children to eat them, how they use to kill humans, and do black magic" Kio explained having flash backs about the stories as he shuddered.
"Please, those were all children's tales. My mother told me the same thing and I never believed a word. And I don't believe these demons are evil, I hope we find one," Soubi stated aloud as they arrived at the destination.
"Are you crazy? If we find one we run! There is no way I'm putting my life in danger for you to interact with those things!" Kio replied as they stopped. "Soubi if you're planning on finding one of those things then just take me home!"
The long haired college boy stepped out of his car.
"Soubi did you hear me?" Kio shouted stepping out of the car.
"Hear what?" A voice said from behind. The two males turned around to find a ranger standing there in front of them.
"Nothing important sir" Soubi informed the man in uniform. It seemed like people now-a-days can never do anything without being questioned.
"Uh sir do you know if there are any demons in these woods?" Kio asked, this made Soubi glare at his friend.
The ranger laughed out loud, "No, all demons on these woods were either killed or taken away to be tested"
This made Soubi raise an eyebrow in question, "Tested?"
"I never said tested, now you guys have your fun, but remember to be safe out there" He finished as he walked away.
Kio glared at the guard, "This guy and his secrets!"
"Welcome to society" Soubi said with a charming smile.
The two males climb up a trail that lead all campers to a safe area within the woods. It was known to be safe because it was a human area that no demon was allowed to be inside. Just to make sure of the protection they even hired officers to take late night shifts to watch over the campers. Both Soubi and Kio walked the path almost heading their way up there, until they came across a path that had to ways. This was always there, one path that lead to the lodging and the other for the demons when the pact with still followed. A sign was placed in order to show citizens exactly where to go if they were ever get lost.
"Uh Soubi where are you going? The camp site is on the right trail" Kio informed his best friend just in case he forgot.
"Camp site? No, no, no we're heading to the deepest side of the woods. That is where the real camping begins" The blond said as he continued to walk on the left, walking whether his best friend accompanied him or not.
"We're gonna get caught! If someone saw us walking this way we can get into serious trouble!" The blond male shouted.
"Well Kio if you keep shouting like that, we will get caught" He responded, "Besides if the ranger said that there were no more demons around the area then why would they still have that warning sign up? Why would they deny us to walk this way? If this was all really true then we shouldn't be getting into any trouble at all"
Kio knowing that Soubi had all these good points and in fact that he couldn't really argue against him kept his mouth shut. Nothing could go possibly wrong right?
Alice: And now another chapter is complete! Yay me!
Ritsuka: You don't seem to excited about it
Alice: Give me a break, I worked last night until 2 am and then I had to wake up at 6 am to go to school to come home at 9: 45 am...just to work at 6 til 1 am again...you guys are lucky I even wrote this chapter because I could have been sleeping until I had to go back in.
Soubi: Yes, yes all sounding good, but you would never do that
Alice: Why not?
Soubi: Because then you'd feel like you just wasted your entire day
Alice: ...
Soubi: I rest my case!