Chapter 10!

Hayashi of Kasai shore:

Torshiro moved the boat onto the water's edge. He looked back over to Momo who was standing near the pier. For some odd reason she was bending down on the beach and was looking under the pier. "What now?" He called out impatiently.

"There's a dog stuck under here!" She replied. "I'm going in."

"No! Get your little ass in this boat."

Ignoring his yell she ducked under the wood. "Here doggy." She started making kissing noises. "Come here."

The red coat field cocker spaniel dog whimpered and tried to get away. It was pinned under a plank of wood that must have rotted out and fell on the poor dog.

"There, there." She reached the dog and tried to pet it but the dog snapped at her. She pulled back her hand. She didn't get bit, it was just reflex. "Hey I'm trying to save you. If you want to be snappy be my guest." The dog stopped moving. Its eyes looked into the princess. "Good dog. Now hold still." Momo placed her hands on the heavy piece of wood. She lifted the wood and threw it down beside the dog.

The dog, happy to be free started licking the princess's face. Momo giggled as she pushed the dog off her. "You're welcome. Just be more careful under the docks." Momo crawled back out from the dock and made her way over to the boat.

"Finally."

"That didn't take that long."

"You could have not done it and we'd be halfway to the ship by now."

"Oh shut up."

Barking was then heard. The dog trotted over to the princess. It then started running around her.

"Oh… she likes me!"

The pirate rolled his eyes. "Get in the boat."

"Can we take her with us?"

"What?! No! I will not have another dog on the ship!"

"Oh come on…" She whined. "Look at that face." Momo's hand moved the dog's face towards Torshiro. The dog growled at the pirate.

"Yeah it's lovely." He sarcastically said.

"Oh please!" Momo looked at him with her puppy-dog eyes. Eyes that worked when they were both little, eyes that worked when she wanted to go on a hunting trip with her father and it will work now.

Torshiro on the other hand he didn't quite take to those puppy-god eyes. He absolutely hated those damn things. Ever since they were both little. It worked every time but this time, he won't fall for it. "…Fine." He turned away defeated.

A loud squeal of joy came from the princess's mouth! "I'm going to call you… Tobiume!" Tobiume barked happily at her new name. She then jumped into the row boat. Momo sighed happily as she placed her hands on her hips. "Works every time."

On the ship:

He was the first to step onto the ship. He finally removed his hat and shook his head to get his hair back in place. "I hate wearing these things." He threw the hat over board and proceeded towards the wheel.

Meanwhile, Kira walked over to row boat. "Hey Momo."

"Hi could you do me a favor?"

"Sure anything."

The princess lifted up Tobiume and handed her to Kira. "Put her down for me." Kira placed the dog down quickly for the dog started growling in his arms. Kira then raised his hand up so that Momo could hold on to him while she jumped out of the row boat. "Won't be necessary." She told him as she swung her legs over the side of the boat. She then slid off onto the main deck of the ship. She dusted herself off.

Hyorinmaru trotted over then to the princess but stopped once he saw the other dog. Tobiume looked at Hyorinmaru, yawned and turned her head away in a puff. Hyorinmaru blinked his eyes a few times.

"Looks like Hyorinmaru met Tobiume. Say hello you two." Momo encouraged on.

The spaniel looked over towards the retriever. Hyorinmaru then lay down and placed his head on his paws. Tobiume turned her head away. "No Hyorinmaru. You've had your chance." The dog spoke. Everyone else's mouths dropped as the dog continued to talk. "It was your fault for everything and it will be up to you to fix it."

Hyorinmaru groaned. "That's great Tobiume. Just talk in front of humans." The humans' mouths dropped even more. Torshiro's eye brow raised and his eyes widened.

"Well you're enforcing it."

"Because you started it!"

"I never start anything!"

"Oh really you danger-inclined dog?"

"Yes really. I end them."

"So that super volcano eruption in Sumatra 75,000 years ago was not your fault."

The spaniel scoffed. "Like the Ice Age wasn't your fault."

"You made me do that! You plunged the world into colder temperatures!"

The two dogs continued arguing. All the humans on the ship were just shocked to hear and see this. Momo was the first to recuperate. "Hold on!" The two dogs quickly stopped arguing. "What are you?"

"Well I am an all powerful fire demon." Tobiume answered with pride.

"Heh. More like all dangerous fire demon." Tobiume faked laughed. Hyorinmaru snorted. "And I'm an ice demon."

"Demons… How nice."

"We had to go into hiding because the sea witch controlled us and all." Hyorinmaru said.

"And we much rather had lived our own lives you see. For us - this includes the Earth demon Deòrsa (1) and the Wind demon Anemone (2) - our close knit lives led to a growth in our feelings. We fell in love with each other, Deòrsa and Anemone and Hyorinmaru and I. But ice boy here ruined everything once we escaped. Thus losing my love for him and destroying the love Deòrsa and Anemone had." She looked at Hyorinmaru. "Caedo de Amor (3)."

"Let it go already!"

"…………………."

The princess's mouth was slightly open. "Uh… wow."

"No I will not let it go!" Tobiume yelled at him. "You single handily destroyed the Demons of the Elements and for what? To keep the natural balance in check?"

"Earth and Wind are mortal enemies. They should have never gone together."

"And yet Ice and Fire can stay together? You Hyorinmaru are the most selfish, manipulate, destructive being I have ever met!"

Hyorinmaru's head tiled back a little. He's heard this before. "…"

"I hate you!" Tobiume quickly turned away and started making her way towards the fore-castle. Every step she left a paw-print shaped burn on the wood. Hyorinmaru on the other hand was morbid. He turned around and slowly walked away.

Momo looked between the two retrieving figures. Her hand over her mouth. "Oh…" She turned to face Kira. "Talk to Hyorinmaru, I'll go to Tobiume. Let's try to work this out."

"Right." Kira was reluctant at first but then he quickly walked towards the white retriever. Momo wasn't reluctant at all as she ran up the stairs going to the forecastle deck.

Kira reached Hyorinmaru who was lying down with his front paws over the side of the boat. Kira sat down beside the retriever. "Hey, uh. I'm still getting used to the fact that you can talk and you're a demon so be gentle on me. Plus I have no fucking idea how to do this." Kira took a deep breath and then released it in a big puff. "Just let it all out man. Tell me everything."

"You're right. You don't know how to do this." The sadden retriever mumbled. "But if I must… It started out when I told Deòrsa that Anemone was out to erode the entire planet and when I told Anemone that Deòrsa was out to cover the whole world with mountains so her wind will get interfered."

Flashback:

"How could you?!" Anemone, a grey and white Canaan dog, yelled at Deòrsa, the greater Swiss mountain dog.

"How could I? How could you?!"

"Stop with your artificial stupidity Deòrsa, you know very well what you are planning to do."

"As do you Anemone. Don't think that I take kindly to yourdespicable deed."

"I have done no such thing you incompetents liar!"

"Stop it!" Tobiume yelled at the two. "Stop arguing and talk it out! Please!"

"You can't talk to him. He'll just lie about everything!"

"And you would ruin everything!"

"Stop it!" Tobiume repeated. "What started this argument?"

"The fact that Anemone plans to erode all my hard work."

"I erode your work? What about you? Making mountain terrains cover the planet so my wind has no free area is just atrocious!"

"It's always you and your wind isn't it? I bet you never cared about me one second."

"I do care. If you think that my love was fake you are sadly mistaken!"

Suddenly the two broke out fighting.

"Stop!" Tobiume yelled. She ran in and tried to separate the two but was thrown to the edge of Hyorinmaru's feet. She quickly got up and looked at him. "Please stop them!"

Hyorinmaru shook his head. "They were meant to be enemies. This is how it's supposed to be."

"What?"

The fighting demons broke off. "I never want to see you again Deòrsa!"

"Same goes here Anemone."

The two disappeared leaving Tobiume and Hyorinmaru.

"Why did you let them do that?"

"As I told you before, this is how it was meant to be."

"But Hyorinmaru…"

"No. Leave them."

"Are you saying because their elements don't work with each other that they can't love each other?" Hyorinmaru only nodded. "And yet Ice and Fire can stay together?" Another nod. "You Hyorinmaru is the most selfish, manipulate, destructive being I have ever met!"Fire covered her body. "Caedo de Amor." She then disappeared into the flames.

End of flashback:

Tobiume was sitting up and looking at Momo. "Then I never saw Deòrsa, Anemone or Hyorinmaru ever again, until today."

Momo scoffed. "That was just downright rude." Tobiume only nodded. "If he still doesn't understand that love changes everything he is just stupid."

Tobiume let out a breath of air. "Well… It doesn't really matter anymore. The Demons of the Elements will never be complete again, all because of Hyorinmaru's stupid reasons."

"Don't say that Tobiume. I promise you that after I find the Book of Peace, I will help you find Deòrsa and Anemone. We will bring you guys together again."

"Thanks."

Hyorinmaru and Kira:

The white retriever sighed. "I was stupid back then. Being leader of the Demons I sort of let it get to my head. I will never find those two, and I will never be able to make it up to Tobiume."

"Don't give up so easily Hyorinmaru." Kira started. "You just need to remind her why she fell in love with you in the first place. Then apologize with all your heart, mind and body and win her over once more!" Kira rose to his feet and threw his fist into the air. "Never lose hope!"

"… Enthusiasm take over?"

"I think so." Kira sat back down next to the white dog.

A laugh like sound came from the retriever. "Actually made sense though."

"Hyorinmaru." Torshiro walked up to them.

"Yeah?"

"Try because I need a good ship dog, not a drama induced ship dog."

"Ain't that the truth?" Hyorinmaru rose onto his paws. "Either way I've got to try. If she's staying on the ship I just can't completely ignore her."

"Exactly." Kira agreed. "It'd be like ignoring a sword stuck in your back."

Hyorinmaru shook his head. "I think you'd be dead."

"Exactly."Kira repeated with a laugh behind his voice.

"Hyorinmaru!" Tobiume's voice called out.

The retriever took a deep breath. "Wish me luck."

"Luck." Kira said.

With that Hyorinmaru walked over to Tobiume who stood in front of the fore-castle's closed door which obviously concealed Momo behind it.

This chapter was just a filler chapter. Besides I hadn't introduce the demon part of the story might as well do it now.

Translations & info:

1: Deòrsa meaning Earth Worker in Greek. He is one of the four Demons of the Elements that were once controlled by the sea witch Unabara.

2: Anemone meaning wind in Greek. She is one of the four Demons of the Elements that were once controlled by the sea witch Unabara.

3: Caedo de Amor meaning Killer of love in Latin. A name Tobiume gaveHyorinmaru when he destroyed the relationships of fellow Demons of the Elements Deòrsa and Anemone and Tobiume and his.