Chapter 2: Past demons

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Author's note: Please skip to Episode 4 which is Chapter 1, Apologies for the confusion but I accidentally deleted chapter one and then posted chapter 2 without realizing. But, if you don't care being confused go ahead and read chapter 2 first (*꒪ヮ꒪*)

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"WHERE THE HELL DID THEY GO?!" Dianna screamed, as she ran for the kitchen

"That girl, she said she knew us..." Hara thought "who was she?"

As they all contemplated what to do about what just happened, they received another piece of bad luck. It was sundown already, and the effects of the miasma had been getting worse, Hara had completely forgotten about it and spent the early night not realizing she turned human. So her ears, her tail, her claws, her fangs all disappeared within a matter of moments, her hair had turned back to its Black color, her skin no longer as pale as it was, Her eyes a nice Walnut color.

"Um--Emily?" Dianna whispered. "How long did Hara stay in that Miasma field?" Signalling she noticed that Hara was turning human.

"3-4 minutes." Emily's jaw dropped, finally realizing What had happened to Hara. While all the boys remained start-struck at what was happening to her, they remained mouth agape while Hara didn't notice that her hair was turning black, and her demon parts were slowly disappearing.

"What? Is something wrong?" Hara asked finally noticing that everyone was staring at her.

"Um--Hara l-look into your reflection." Emily stammered, trying to stay calm.

Hara grabbed her cup of ale and looked into it, and almost fainted. She wasn't prepared to have turned human at this time, that her first reaction was to grab her hood and run outside. While everyone was distracted by Hara being turned human, Mizusaki didn't even realize he was turning human as well. His ears and tails disappeared and his hair turned black, same as Hara. Before Mizusaki realized it everyone was staring at him this time, Mizusaki scratched the back of his head in confusion, before realizing that his ears were gone. His reaction was the same as Hara's. Grab his coat and run outside, he saw Hara sitting up in a tree next to Yuki in her shrunken form. She looked very embarrassed, cause her hood was on and she wouldn't even care to notice anything. She nodded at her cat, and Yuki roared in front of her, a portal suddenly opened.

"Come on, let's go to my room. I gotta go change." She said to her pet cat.

Meow! The cat purred at her leg.

She walked through the portal, her cat following right behind her, and she was gone left without a trace. Mizusaki went back inside after regaining the composure to cover his head with his hood. When he went inside Hara was already there huddled up in a chair, in the living room. She was wearing her old school uniform, since it was her only normal clothes that weren't fitted for her demon tail and ears.

"Are you both related by any chance?" Emily asked as she stared at the two.

"Who? Me?" Damien asked, since he overheared them talking about him and Dianna the first time they arrived.

"No, not you. You both." She said, pointing at Hara and Mizusaki. "You both look alike without your demon ears and tails." She thought.

"Probably not." Said Mizusaki. "My family doesn't have many outside relations."

"Same here." Hara muttered.

I might be going crazy, but they really do look related. Does the Harazama and Mizusaki family have a past for both of them to have a kitsune child. No, wait Hara isn't the only kitsune in her family. Her dad is one and so is her sister. Emily thought. I don't recall the family of Fiore having any relationship with the demons, but then why would they have demon children? Unless--Oh shit. She suddenly remembered that Dianna could hear her. That Esper demon hears everything, She could already see Dianna smirking at her from the other side of the table.

I heard you. Dianna mouthed.

Shut up! Emily replied.

Dianna had already fallen asleep, drunk in her seat.

"So the question is: how the hell are we gonna move her to her room?" Emily laughed.

"Hara could usually move her back with her telekinesis but since she's powerless right now, we got nothing." Said Tokyo, he looked at Hara in the corner of the room, huddled up in her hood and school uniform.

"It's fine, Yuki can carry her up." Said Hara.

As soon as her cat heard her words, Yuki stood up and changed back into her big form, and lifted Dianna onto her back and carried her upstairs.

"What are we gonna do about that girl?" Asked Tokyo, trying to search his crystal for her around the worlds. Hara smirked at his untamed efforts.

"Don't try, that girl doesn't live in any of our worlds. She lives between them." Hara said, As all eyes suddenly turned to her for information. "That snake she had around her arm, it wasn't ordinary. She and it was ghost white and awfully pale." As the rest of the group tried to price it together, Emily suddenly found the answer. "She's dead." Emily muttered under her breath. "Isn't she?" As everyone suddenly finished piecing it together, all the girls already had their answer.

"She died in a car accident, just before we left. She hated us and we hated her. She had a reputable past, she used to frame us for her mistakes and usually tried to kill us a few times with everyday objects." Emily explained. "I think our parents could figure this out. And I received a letter from my mom, we really have to get home soon. We'll explain it to Sumi's parents since that's the first place we're gonna arrive in. Let's get going." After everyone finished fixing all of the things they needed. They realized that they couldn't go, they had forgotten Hara couldn't shrink the house until sunrise and it was midnight. So, they all had to go to sleep and wake up just before dawn to get ready. The next morning, about and hour before sunrise, everyone was already up and getting ready. Damien and the boys were fixing themselves to meet the king and Queen of Belrinya, while the girls contemplated what to say to Sumi's parents. Hara changed back to her military uniform and sword, while everyone got ready--Dawn was about to break so they all ran outside and waited for the sun to rise above the cliffs. As it just hit, Hara and Mizusaki were already getting their Demon essences back. Hara's hair turned brown again, her eyes turned red, and her ears, tail, and claws came back. Mizusaki's hair turned back to its golden hue, his 2 tails grew back and his ears finally came back.

"Finally! I hate being mortal." Hara let out a sigh of relief.

"You think? Do u know how hard it was to balance without my tail?" He scoffed.

Emily cleared her throat, signalling that they should stop chatting and get back to work. Hara snapped her fingers and the house went back to the size of a small rock, of which it actually looked like from a far. She picked it up and stowed it away in her pocket. They all went to their groups and rode for Belrinya. They arrived there in about 3 hours ride and was greeted how they usually would. As they passed by the Capital they could see more refugees have arrived in Belrinya in seek of shelter from the war that was brewing outside the country walls. They could see that the city hasn't changed. It's only changed a little with the war precautions and that they had finally accepted electrical lampposts, instead of the normal lanterns. Other than the fact that a small quarter of the city is was on repair from the event five years ago. Tokyo's eyes grew as big as a golf balls, when he saw the line of thousands of guards bowing down as they stepped down just in front of the gates. When they all got inside they greeted the Queen and king in the throne room and moved to the common room to discuss what happened to Sumi.

As Emily and Hara explained to The King and Queen, they were shocked at why they would take Sumi. Emily left Hara to do the explaining, to keep Sumi's sister, Seri, from hearing the news. She brought Tokyo with her, since he was the only other person that knew her. She brought Nia to her room and laid her down on the bed.

"Where's Sumi?" Seri asked. Emily made a nervous look to Tokyo and took a deep breath.

"She's not here right now, sweetie." Emily lied, but she did it for good reason, she couldn't let Seri know the danger that Sumi might be. Just then Hara came into the room, right after Seri had fallen asleep.

"Oh, ok." Seri smiled as she drifted off to sleep.

Hara sat down on the sofa next to Tokyo, with Emily on her other side, they all breathed a sigh of relief, but it was a bit too early for that.

"She must've stayed up waiting for her." Emily muttered. They all fell asleep not long after Seri, Mortals use way to much energy. Hara thought. It must've been an hour or 2 already since when Seri woke up it was near lunch time. But, that wasn't what shocked her. What shocked her was that Hara was asleep and Tokyo-kun was sleeping on her lap with her hand on his shoulder, and Emily laying down on Hara's shoulder. Seri almost squeaked but that tiny noise was loud enough for Hara to wake up. Apparently she was unfazed by Tokyo sleeping on her lap, not that's she was being used as a human pillow. She noticed Seri was staring at her, questioning why she wasn't mad or embarrassed.

"What? Do you honestly think this was the first time they've both ended up like this?" Hara laughed.

Seri's mouth was left agape. But, a few moments later Tokyo woke up and sat up.

"Sorry, I fell asleep on your lap again." He laughed quietly, Emily was still asleep and if she doesn't get enough sleep there will be no peace.

"You really need to get off that habit one day, Kokoro. Who knows the next girl who's lap you end up sleeping on, might send you to he gallows." Hara laughed along. Emily woke up and heard them say that and laughed along as she rubbed her eyes.

Seri questioned how he was also unfazed with Hara

Calling him Kokoro. Why is he ok with her calling him by his first name? Are they dating? She thought, as a smiled curled her lips.

"No, they're not, Seri" Dianna suddenly came into the room. Seri rushed over to her and gave her a hug, but since she was so much shorter than Dianna it was more like she was binding her legs using her arms. Dianna almost fell over, if she hadn't picked her up.

"Hey, Seri!" Dianna greeted, as she picked her up over her shoulder. She looked over to Hara, Emily and Tokyo who were sitting down on the sofa in front of Seri's bed. They looked oddly tired and had a little bit of black circles around their eyes.

"Hey you three! How long have you been here? It's nearly lunch!" Dianna scolded.

"They fell asleep as well." Seri smirked. "Also how are they not dating if they can call each other by first name?" You probably don't know this since, you haven't been out much. Dianna thought.

"They're close friends, Seri. Just like me and your sister." Dianna explained. Hara and Tokyo headed to the dining hall for lunch with Seri and Dianna following right behind them. There was so much food as expected from royalty. Tokyo and Damien's eyes enlarged as they have never seen so much food in one table, While Martin and Mizusaki were used to it by now. Roast chicken, steamed vegetables, mashed potatoes, and the whole Royal treatment.

"You must stay the night." The Queen insisted. "It's a 2 day ride to the next kingdom and we don't want you to arrive there looking droopy." She looked over at Hara, Emily and Tokyo who still had dark circles around their eyes.

"Can you?" Seri jumped excitedly in her seat.

Dianna looked over at Emily and Hara as if asking if they agreed. They both gave a smile and a thumbs up. "Sure, I guess we can restock on food and ale." Dianna agreed. "How about you guys?" Seri asked the boys. The boys looked at each other then looked at the king. "Of course you can stay!" The king said as if he was proclaiming something. As they all finished their meal the boys headed to their rooms and since the girls weren't used to being in different rooms they asked for a big guest room where they could stay together. As all the girls chatted and talked they had one specific subject to talk about that Dianna couldn't understand.

"Why does Belrinya only have Queens as a higher rank?" She asked, trying to remember why Belrinya only had tapestries, and statues of girls.

"Do you really not know?" Emily scoffed.

Dianna made a face and Emily let Hara explain.

"This 'kingdom' is actually Queendom the Queen does almost everything. The king is only there to share power and of course, how would there be an heir without a male." Hara explained. "I'm sure Seri knows this. But, when there is no female heir the Queen has to look for a girl with her Royal blood no matter how far down the line they are." After Hara finished explaining, Seri dragged Emily to go check in the boys if their not making a ruckus. While Emily was gone with Seri, Hara continued to speak--

"Belrinya provides shelters and the main food source to the land and people, Albion provides military might and protection, the Gods provide us the rain and other natural elements." Hara stopped for a while, trying to recall what they had learned in the academy. "Ah, yes. The demons provide us with any unnatural sources like Rare Elixirs, Curse stones and etc. Without one of them the entire lands would fall into chaos." Hara closed her eyes as she remembered that destructive event that had happened nearly 6 years ago, What would happen if one of the countries would fall out of order, The reason why the heirs are groomed for coronation and crowning at such a young age.

As Seri led Emily up the stairs and down the hall to the king's wing, Seri kept going slower the closer they got to the boys room as if she's gonna stop to do something, and she did stop.

"Seri? Is something wrong?" Emily asked, looking concerned.

"Hey, Emily!" Someone called for her in front of them, as Emily's eyes adjusted to the darkness of the king's wing. Seri suddenly started running towards the person that called them. It was actually Martin that called her.

"Hey, what are you doing in the king's wing?" He asked, looking at his watch.

"Seri dragged me here to check on you guys. Anyways, why are you not in the room?" She asked him in return.

"I had to return the ale that Damien tried to sneak into the room." He pointed at the cellar door that was down the other side of the hall.

"Oh I see. Their all asleep by now I hope, we leave early tomorrow." Said Emily, though she knew that they probably are gonna sleep late either way

"Nope. We're all just talking now, since I took the ale back to the cellar." Martin laughed, as he pointed to the door down the other side of the hall with the sign "cellar".

"Well make them go to sleep. If you need there's sleeping pills in the drawer." She laughed as Seri dragged her back down the stairs and to their room. But, when they got there everyone was already asleep. Emily giggled quietly as she saw Hara still have her old habit of cuddling with her own tail. As she put Seri on the bed and tucked her in, she could hear tapping noises coming from the window. As she walked towards the window, the curtain still covering it. She opened the curtains and could see a small silouette against the dark of the night, as she brought her candle to the window sill, the figure hopped into the light. A small white bird hopped into the window sill A dove? She thought. Until, she noticed the letter in it's beak. A messenger? Emily asked herself. As she unclipped the letter from its beak she noticed the seal attached to it. It's a goddess seal. She thought. She unrolled the letter and patted the dove's head, she cleared her throat and read it out loud:

Dear Emily,

I hear you have already arrived in Belrinya. How is everyone? Is Seri alright? From what I remember she was sick the last time I visited. Oh, yes. How are your friends, Dianna, Sumi and Hara? Your room is all ready for you and your friends, if your bringing a bigger group this time, just say so and the maids will take care of it. See you soon my dear.

~Love, Mom

Emily smiled and placed it in her pocket, she got a peice of parchment paper from the dresser and some ink.

"Can I borrow one of your feathers?" Emily asked the dove, As the dove groomed under her wing, it grabbed a feather and gave it to Emily. She wrote a simple note, grabbed a price of bread form a plate she had brought up just in case, and gave it to the dove. After the dove left Emily climbed into bed and tried to close her eyes. It was nearly 6 am and most of them were still half asleep since they couldn't really sleep except the fact that most of the girls fell asleep while Emily was out. As they finished breakfast, they all thanked the Queen and king for their hospitality and rode for the Ice forest. They all had to take turns to drive and sleep since most of them were really sleepy, they made this decision since Hara almost fell asleep while at the dining table. A few hours later they realized--

"We have to stop!" Hara barked as she tried to float Dianna back to Emily and Shiro after she had fell asleep while driving. ("What the hell were you thinking?!" Emily hissed.) the closest kingdom had been Hyrule, Mizusaki's kingdom.

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author's note:

hey sorry if there are some typos or errors in the story, like I said in the intro I made this a few years ago, so of course, it's a bit messed up. But, for those who ask I'll update once every 2 weeks, since y'all know that writing takes a bit of a while. see you all in the next chapter ( ╹▽╹ )

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