On My Way: The Demon King Made Me His

Hey wake up," Milan said to Aiden urgently. She had something going on outside. Aiden was loud asleep. Milan's eyes were back to normal. Milan had changed into fresh clothes. She had put on beautiful white and red hanfu and put her hair up. She leaned next to him and pinched his nose when he refused to wake up. Milan was happy and excited for everything that happened in the past few hours after coming back from the waterfalls, killing the wolf. 

When she asked him to not leave her, he did as she she requested. He stayed by her side.

He stayed right next to her and tucked her into bed. "Don't be scared, I know it was terrifying," he said.

"No, it was not terrifying, just disgusting, I feel like throwing up," she replied looking at him with tears in her eyes. She regretted not listening to him. And he regretted for letting her do things alone. He regretted for not taking care of his only family memebr left for him, forgetting that fact that Aqua is living outside. As days passed his hope for her reduced minute by minute thinking of how she would be spending time with the Demon King. Aiden took Milan's hands in his, and stroked her hair, asking her fall asleep. She shut her eyes and let the tear drop stream down and fall on the ground. He admired her bravery to have plucked out his organs, seeing the claws of the nine tailed fox for the first time and blood smear on her mouth after biting his throat. He admired her for a moment. Just like her sister, brave enough to face a situation. 

"I am glad that you can fight all by yourself, a wolf is strong but not as much as a gumhiho, but still, don't roam around without me next to you," Aiden said to her, thinking she had fallen asleep. "Don't go anywhere without me, don't do anything without me, or I will lose my mind," 

"I won't," Milan promised him. 

Aiden shut his eyes in embarrassment. But she smiled. "Don't lose your mind," she said and shut her eyes again. She wanted to take a nap for little bit of time. But she did not let him go. 

"Sleep," he said again and kept his mouth shut. After sometime time she felt a cold lip touching her forehead. Aiden planted a kiss. Milan was still not asleep but she did not care to react. She stood still, forcing herself to remain calm, clutching on the robes she was wearing. Her mind was screaming while her face was calm. He sat with for some more time and then slowly drifted off to sleep. When he did, she woke up instantly, peeking at him often. She woke up and got up from the bed slowly making him low down instead. And she sat there watching him. She smiled for a really long time until her cheeks hurt. She instead kissed his lips and left the room in matter of a second, running out before she gets caught. But he was in a very deep sleep. 

She went outside and walked around the woods. She suddenly heard the birds signalling each other. She looked at a hornbill and extended her arms for the bird to come and sit on. 

"What is it?" She asked. it made sound. And she decided the meaning easily. "There are people outside the barrier?" It made noises again. "Do you know who they ar" she asked the bird. "No," it then flew away. "Are they from other Realm?" And the bird made a sound answering her question and disappeared. "They are from other Realm. But why here?" She wondered. She walked back to the borders all by her self. She stood at the barriers. The barrier as the power of invisibility. The people inside the barrier can see what is happening outside, but nobody can see inside the barrier. Milan utilised the chance and decided to watch the people, following them. She saw a tattoo in their body and she failed to identify them. She couldn't leave them nor could understand who they were. She immediately apparated back to the shelter she had put up with Aiden. 

"Wake up, fast," the moment she pinched his nose, he jumped up from the bed. "Come with me, its urgent," 

"What?" He asked trying to open his eyes properly and rubbed them. She took his arms and apparated back to the spot. When they reached, Aiden lost his balance and fell on the ground with a loud thud.

"Shhhuushhh... don't make noise," Milan whispered. The people who were walking outside the barrier looked at their direction. Milan remained still, wondering if they could see her and exchanged glances at Aiden who was still on the ground. He shook his head telling her that the people won't be able to see them. 

"It must be the sound of jackfuits or melons falling from the top," one of the guards said and moved forward with their hike. Milan and Aiden followed them, staying inside the barrier. 

"Who are they?" Milan asked him. 

"I cannot see the tattoo clearly, did you see them? Explain it to me," 

"A pine tree in the middle, a dragon circling it all inside the triangle. 

"Not dragon it will be Phoenix," Aiden corrected Milan. They are Emperor Tai's well trained ninjas. 

"What?" Milan was shocked. "What are they doing here in our Water Kingdown?" 

"Let's follow them," Aiden said and watched them.

They carefully walked along the borders without making noises. The ninjas were alert and tight lipped hardly speaking anything to each other. Then around two hour later, they rested under the pines trees. 

So did Milan and Aiden, sitting on a log of wood lying on the ground. Milan had plucked some fruits from the tree in between stalking people. 

She handed an apple to Aiden and had one for herself. She say there waiting for the men to open up their mouths speaking. One man took out a jar of wine and sipped a little.

"Don't you know that we are not allowed to drink wine during the mission?" The head of the gang questioned the guy who was drinking.

"Am cold and dead tired, am charging myself, I advised you not to take up the job, you did not listen to me, now don't come and bother me," 

"We cannot lack at our work, it would cost our lives," he tried to make the drinking guy understand the consequences. "You know how the Emperor is and we had no choice but take the job since he pays us every month,"

"I understand i agree, but this fight, it's no good to us except dying in vain for an old gutter like the fake bird. Nobody would give a damn about our lives, are you not afraid of the Demon King?" The one who drank asked his team leader back.

"He is our enemy," Team leader said.

"Think twice before you answer,  mean it," drunk guy said. Ten others were sitting there, staring at the two having a heated conversation. 

"Demon King Huo, oh my god, brother in law is involved in this matter," Milan whispered sitting closer to Aiden who was concentrating hard. He nodded to Milan.

"Demon King won't sit quiet if he knows about this, you know who the King of Hell is protecting now?" The drunk guy continued with his conversation.

"Speak slowly, everything has ears that would leak matters," team leader said.

"We are too deep into the forest even the animals would fear to enter, look around, who is going to hear us?" The drunk ninja said and looked around. "Tell me who else is worried about the life here? Is this mission even right?" But nobody responded back. The other eight ninjas slowly lifted their hands, one by one. 

"Get to work," team leader ordered strongly and seriously seeing the raised hands. "Don't make me complaint, for the laziness and breaking the oat," he got angry. Get up and move your asses," Miland got up at the same time. She proceeded with her walk in silence. 

"I heard that the princess in hiding in the Realm, but why would Emperor Tai declare that she is the sworn enemy and order to kill her on sight.

"What?" Milan gasped. Aiden was sweating hard listening to the news. 

"Aqua offended the heavens," Aiden said in disbelief. 

"What are we looking for honestly?" A young and Small ninja boy asked them. 

"The princess," Drunkard said. "What else?" 

"No, you are wrong," team leader corrected them. "We are in search of mythical beasts, " Team leader revealed the secret to his assistants. 

Milan and Aiden looked at each other. "Oh no!" She gasped. Aiden took her hands and held her the moment they heard the tasks given to ninjas and the order to kill on sight. 

"Apparently, some creatures like unicorn, half horse thing, wolves that can shape shift into humans. And the giants," he paused looking around and gathered other ninjas."They witness everything pretty well," he went on, about i mean his...' he paused. "if we get to tackle one, We can't take away the body. 

"Aqua is in danger, so are we," 

"And so are we, something is wrong, I feel so, this barrier is weak a huge attack by the top cultivator from any of the realms can break the barrier. But you can't. The ninjas started walking towards the opposite direction of them, moving away. They could no longer follow the ninjas and know more..Milan stool there motionless, confused and wondering what to do. She then decided to check on the giants again. The ninjas had gone in the opposite direction but she was constantly worried.