On My Way: The Demon King Made Me His

"What? We are going to travel in this double decker public transport? Really?" Aqua asked. 

"Taxis or anything else is not allowed to go to the Castle, it's a monument being protected by the government, they have rules here, I booked the tickets to enter the castle and for the ride, don't worry and get on the bus," Demon King said to everyone and asked them to walk up the top floor of the bus. They got in one by one, and sat quickly before the vehicle started. The bus was crowded and it appeared that the destination is going to crowded at the same time. Aqua wondered how to open the entrance without attracting the people's attention. 

"Wow look at that," Aiden pointed at something. 

"They are billboards, featuring people and companies, advertisements," Milan said. 

All looked at the same direction. Aiden noticed that the person in billboard is his human brother Aizen. 

"Aizen," he said out loud. 

"Aqua that's Aizen," Milan informed her sister. "It appears that he is a celebrity in this life if his," she said and smiled. 

"Handsome," Aqua said. "So what about her?" She asked Milan curiously. 

"You mean Fairya?" And Aqua nodded at the question. I don't know, should we find it out?" 

"We don't have time for that," Aiden reminded them. 

"Just curious to know if they are together," Aqua said backing her sister. "You know something like destiny or stuff," 

"Later," Aiden said. He turned serious the moment he spotted Aizen. Aizen's advertisement for a perfume brand ended but the next one was also his, for a clothing brand. "It appears my half brother is pretty successful in this life," he commented and turned away. King Huo sat there silently observing everything around them. The day was pretty humid and had haze. It looked like this is going to be one of the hottest days on earth. Aqua did not wish to reverse the climate and alert the heavens about her presence and get hunted down. She sat there comfortably and kept checking the time, to reach the place. But it was taking long.

"It's pretty far away, we might take an hour more, relax," Huo said, putting his arms around her. She played with his fingers and laid on his shoulders looking at the scene outside the windows. 

"What do you think?" She asked suddenly. 

"About what?" He was confused. 

"The life here as mortals?" She wanted to know his opinion on life. 

"I don't care wherever I live, whoever I am or the kind of life span I have, I only want to have one thing with me, and you already know what it is," he said looking straight into her. She smiled. She blushed and she laid back on his shoulders again. 

"Me too," she said. He placed a kiss on her head and looked out. On the meanwhile, Aiden and Milan were bickering about something. 

"No it's not like that, see I never," but Aiden stopped Milan from speaking further. 

"Let's never discuss about Aizen again, am not comfortable," he said.

"Fine, whatever," Milan got annoyed stopped talking. She saw Huo and Aqua sitting silently holding each other. She then looked at Aiden and shook her head. She looked out and sat in silence. Aiden fell asleep on her shoulder few minutes later. She watched him sleep and couldn't help smiling at him. "Why in the world did I fall in love with you?" She questioned herself. 

"Because am cute," he replied hearing her.

"Oh just shut up sleep," she was embarrassed. 'Goodness,' she thought. But he laughed out loud. He quicly kissed on her neck and continued sleeping. 

"Actually I feel sick, am not used to traveling like this," he confessed. 

"It's alright," Milan said and patted his cheeks. 

They spent an hour more waiting patiently in the bus. Apparating takes a lot of energy hence they did not want to waste the energy level, saving it for emergency and chose to travel in the public transport. They had only a limited time to do everything. And they were holding onto all the hopes. Little did the girls know that their father had planned it well to lead them to the secret realm. 

They reached the place by noon. Aqua was a bit tensed wondering if the King Of Human Realm would give in and give her information. They walked towards the castle quickly from the entrance getting the tickets quickly and overtaking people. A moment later, they stood in front of the gates, the real entrance of the Palace, a world that is not visible in the naked eyes of the mortals. Aqua switched the entrance by performing a magic. They instantly were standing in front of the tall palace gates heavily guarded by the troops. The gates were locked. Aqua lifted arms and charged her Crystals to shoot at the locks in gates. But at the right time when she was about to let out the crystal bomb, the gates opened. Everyone looked at each other. Without any effort and attack, the gates opened quickly, and somebody walked out. They looked carefully lifting up their weapons. 

"Princess Aqua," he called her out. 

"Prince Leo," she said doubtfully.

"Your higness, so long," he kept walking towards her. He had no weapons, no guards, no horses nor anything behind him, but just himself, alone, approaching the four of them.

"Can you trust this guy?" Huo asked the water family.

"Yes, he is our ally, the greatest guerilla war leader," Aiden informed the Demon King. "The first born of King Zidan. The father is a dragon but son is a lion," 

"Alright then, put the weapons down," Huo'er said and took few steps forward standing next to Aqua. 

Leo reached them and bowed at the four of them. The four of them paid their respects to Prince Leo too and conversed with him. 

"How have you been?" Leo and the crown princess of water realm.

"Pretty good," she said and smiled. "How are you? And where have you been?" 

Prince Leo looked around and moved his face closer to Aqua's ears. "We will discuss about that soon, not now, not here," he said and moved away. He smiled. "Let's go in, father is waiting for all of you," he said and took them in. Aqua stepped into the gates and felt some kind of strange force inside the palace grounds. 

"What's going on here, " she asked him.

"Something to do with mortals, part of work, please don't mind that and come with me," Leo said and took them towards the Earth King. They were welcomed pretty gently as if they had known about the visit before hand and Aqua asked them that.

"No no my dear girl,. We happened to preparing snack and food to preserve during the coming winters," King Zidan said instantly. But it was evident that it's a lie. Aqua smiled and looked at her sister who winked at her. King Zidan then turned his attention to Demon King immediately. "We have never had Demon Clan visit us before here, it's an honour to have you here," he said.

"If you mean it, then yes am glad to be here too," Huo'er replied back.

"Ofocurse I mean it, I know how you are and how your father were, unlike other demons, I saw the goodness for the first time in my life, through the two of you and it's great, it's never easy for hell and heaven to go in hand in hand," 

"We still don't go hand in hand, Enperor Tai is a criminal, I don't agree with most of his actions," Huo'er said in a very straightforward manner. King Zidan and was surprised and laughed. Prince Leo did too, just like his father. 

"You're good," King Zidan said and appreciated the Demon King.

"Thank you," he said and raised his wine glass to the King. Aqua was relieved to see how well behaved Huo'er is and getting along with people instantly. She sat smiling. Soon she asked about the Human Realm's present condition. And King Zidan had a lot to discuss about it. 

"But I guess probably you are the only King from the heavens who is into business and making huge profits through this mortal employment strategies," she said casually.

"I will not deny that fact, but there is a backstory to everything, so," he said. Milan slowly got up and excused her self. She then walked around the Palace for some time. When people asked her, she said she got lost and will find the way on her own, going around the places and walking watching everything closely. Around an hour later, she walked back to court. They were still talking to each other. The King Zidan and Water Princess Aqua. Huo also joined the conversation often but he had forgotten that Aqua and Huo are a couple forcefully kicked a killed by their Demoness who they considered as their family. 

"Okay," Aqua said in the middle of the conversation. "Today's is the beginning,"

"Is it today?" King Zidan asked to Aqua. But he was not talking about what she wanted to at all. She got up front the place and walked around the room, smiling. 

"Tell me where it is," Aqua asked only that. "Tell me, I heard that....."