It's a horse, sir. (IV)

"A horse? How is that an intruder? Did one of the horses get loose?"

"No, sir. A blood-red horse crashed through the gates and terrorized the area. I never saw such power coming from such a horse. We believe that the horse is a magical creature."

"Hurry up and capture it. Don't you see that I'm with my sister?" Adriel was getting annoyed fast, mostly because he wanted to spend time

"I'm sorry, sir." The guard saluted.

All of a sudden, the sound of screams and explosion could be heard coming closer and closer. I couldn't help but wonder who this blood-red horse was? I mean, was there another Blood Red horse like Coco here on Earth? There was a high possibility, especially because Elves are real.

"The demon horse is coming!" Someone screamed the thundering sound of the hooves ran towards us in rapid succession. A blood-red horse bulldozed through the door knocking the guard back into the wall. Electricity radiated out of the horse's body. The horse reared up on its leg and neighed.

Jumping forward, the horse came charging towards Adriel.

"What in the world is this?" Adriel growled. He jumped out of the way just in time before he got trampled by the horse's hooves. "How did a horse get in?"

Adriel shot dark energy towards the horse. The horse sent out a massive outage of electricity that zapped towards Adriel. Both powers clashed with one another, and they both fought.

A shot of energy missed the horse and instead came streaming towards me. The horse jumped in front of the energy and sent out a powerful electricity that completely whipped out the energy ball.

For some reason, I felt a familiar aura around this horse. I mean, everything about this horse screamed to one person: Coco. How? This thought kept running nonstop in my mind. "Coco?"

The horse turned towards me when she heard her name.

"S-Stop!" I shouted, bewildered towards Adriel. I ran in front to stop the attack. "She's my friend!"

Adriel was powering up a powerful energy ball, and in seconds he reels in his power. "Friend?

The horse?"

I ran out in front, calling him to hold fire. "Yes, please stop! She probably thinks that you are the enemy!"

"But this wretched horse destroyed my house. It is my privilege to destroy intruders." Sparks of dark energy erupted out of Adriel's hand.

"Brother!" Sophia yelled. She gave him a stare that told him to stop. "Stop trying to hurt my friend's friend!"

"B-but, Sophia." Adriel looked distraught, I had a feeling that Sophia had him under her thumbs.

"Brother." Sophia crossed her arm and scolded him.

Adriel gave up and grunted. Turning his back as he sulkily looked over here and then.

Coco huffed out a smoke of fire out of her nose and shifted into her human form. "Young mistress." She bowed in front of me.

"Coco? How did you find me?" I gaped at her.

"I felt your distress, young mistress. I used my nose, and I followed your scent in the Forgotten Forest. I somehow ended up in this horrible city." Coco raised up her nose, looking away around her as if she smelled something funny.

"I'm glad that you are here, but I'm alright. Really." I told her to calm her down. Which, I could see that she didn't believe me.

"Are you sure, young mistress? I smell a foul air coming from this wretched man in front of us." Coco grunted, squinting her eyes as she glared at him. Even in her maid uniform, she looked so cool.

"Hey!" Adriel grunted in disdain.

"I mean what I said. You have a large amount of unholy energy around you that stinks of death."

"You can smell that?" I asked awed.

"Yes, now young mistress. Let's go home. We've been waiting for you for so long." A few tears erupted on Coco's eyes, looking at me as if I was some long lost sheep that was finally coming home.

"Okay."

"Wait a moment." Adriel came over, trying to stop me from leaving. "Your servant destroyed my home. You need to pay for compensation."

"Fine." I rummaged through my pocket and pulled out a level B Magic Stone. "Use the word Activate and right after say explosion together. It'll go off." I threw it towards him, and he caught it effortlessly.

Adriel looked at it for a moment. Satisfied, he pocketed the Magic Stone without saying another word.

"Berry," Sophia called out towards me. I turned towards her wondering what she has to say.

"Thank you." She blushed, she cast her gaze down, embarrassed.

"You're welcome. I'm glad that I can help you."

"Berry, Would you be my friend?"

"Friend?"

"I-If you don't want to, you don't have too."

The thought of having another girl as a friend delighted me. I didn't have many girls as friends. Honestly thinking about my past, I never had a friend that I could remember.

"Sure!" I walked over and grabbed her hands tightly. A friend like Sophia was awesome to have.

"I would be honored."

"Thank you!" Sophia was elated, and she hugged me tightly.

Even Sophia's scent was like a fresh smell of Lavender and Roses. I pulled apart from her. "I'll be going now."

Sophia nodded. "I hope to see you soon. Oh, and here is my number." She reached over and ripped a piece of paper. Quickly scribbling her number, she handed it to me. "Please call me!"

The word soon made me tingle with delight. Now I have a reason for traveling back to Japan, just to meet my new friend. "Thanks." I followed Adriel out of the room and the building. We hope in the limousine and drove towards the Blue Rose Host Club. Adriel didn't say a single word while we were heading back. Coco was on guard in front of Adriel, and her gaze was fixated entirely on him. She was always in front of me, blocking him from my view. Honestly, I was glad he didn't talk with me anymore. It was already complicated enough to have a Demon Lord with me in the same car.

We stopped in front of a gas station to put in some gas. Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw Phil talking to a man.

"Isn't that Phil?" I leaned towards the window and plastered my face on it. What was he doing so far out here anyways? Wait, is that really Phil? Opening the door, I got out.

"Phil?" I called out towards him.

Phil turned around and stood there motionless like he saw a ghost. I walked over to him. "Berry?

Where were you? I've been looking for you. Coco?" He stopped confused, wondering how she was with me.

"Really?" I felt a fuzzy feeling in my heart knowing that he was worried about me "It's a long story. I got kidnapped twice." The words slipped out of my mouth.

Oops. I shouldn't have said that, but it was too late.

Phil eyebrows were knitted together in a knot, even Coco flinched.

"I'm so sorry, young mistress that I couldn't come and save you."

"Don't worry about it. I got out perfectly fine by myself. Really."

"No, you don't understand young mistresses. You are our pride and joy. We would feel awful if we couldn't do anything." Her eyes were filled with sorry. "Though I would understand who the kidnapper might be." She gave Adriel a disdainful look.

Adriel coughed and gave me a glare. His eyes were telling me to shut up and say no more.

"Kidnapped? By who?" Phil's voice became deadly.

"By a guy named Rei."

"And?"

"A Demon Lord."

"Demon Lord?" Phil did not understand who this Demon Lord was. "There is a Demon Lord in this world?"

I nodded, and my eyes were slowly drawn towards Adriel. Adriel was giving me a fierce gaze telling me not to say another world.

"Yea, and he's the devil reincarnate," I stressed the devil part and smiled.

"By the way, who are you?" Phil turned towards Adriel, who was standing behind me.

"My name is Adriel. I can feel a similar feeling coming from you."

Wow, is it possible demon lords can sense each other out? This could be a mind-opening experience.

"Are you an elf?" Adriel asked.

"A half-elf."

"Ah, that would make sense. I thought I could sense part human in you."

Never mind, maybe I was wrong entirely. Having two Demon Lords facing each other off right in the middle of Tokyo is already nerve-wracking enough. There is a high possibility that they can decimate the population by half if they fought. Such thoughts were quite frightening in itself.

"I'm guessing you are a full-blooded elf." Phil's voice was strained. I could tell he was not comfortable talking with a full-blooded elf at all.

"Yes, which part of the Elven Nation are you?"

"I am not part of any."

"I see—the loner type. I can sense a potent magic coming from you. If you are ever interested in joining the elves, you are welcome to join my family: the White Lotus."

"I appreciate your offer, but I must decline. I am not the type to start joining any time soon."

"I understand. The door is always open if you ever decide to join."

"Thank you. I'll think about it."

The tense air between the two was still powerful. I mean seriously two distinct Demon Lords right here in front of me. One was a sister loving, and the other was an elf with issues. Was all demon lords elves? Now that I think about it, the message that I read states they were more on

Earth. This opened up a whole new world that I never knew existed on Earth that it made me wonder what else was out there. What was hidden by the media, and the question of why?

Even though I thought such thoughts, I just couldn't find an answer. There were just too many secrets that I just didn't understand.

A high piercing screech could be heard, and the sound of explosion and heat washed towards us like a tsunami. I could almost feel the tingling of my back getting a bit of heat.

Phil pulled me backward as we flung towards the ground. He covered me with his body, trying to damper the explosion.