"Uhm..." Y/n said awkwardly as he looked at the silver-haired girl on top of him.

"I'm sorry." The girl said softly and climbed off Y/n.

His eyes widened when he saw tears falling from her eyes. She turned away and wanted to run again, but Y/n grabbed her arm.

'What the hell am I doing?! She a Demon....then again, I am one too.' Y/n thought and then looked at the girl in concern. "Uh...are you alright? I mean, you ran pretty hard into me back there." he said rubbing the back of his neck.

"It's nothing. You shouldn't concern yourself with me." The girl said and wiped her tears away with a sniffle. "In any case. What is a Demon like you doing here anyway?" She asked looking at Y/n in curiosity.

"Demon?" Y/n asked confused and then realized. "Oh, right! Uhh. I was deep in thought and didn't realize I ended up here." Y/n said with a small chuckle.

The girl at Y/n suspiciously but he stuck his demonic hand out.

"The name is Y/n. And you are?" He asked with a smile.

"Me? You mean you don't know who I am?" She asked with wide eyes.

"Besides a Succubus? No. I can't say that I don't know. Look at me. I've been living under a rock for the past for years." Y/n said and her eyes widened even further.

"I-I see..." She said with a small smile and shook Y/n's hand. "Maria. Nice to meet you. Y/n."

"So....Any idea where we are?" Y/n asked looking around the completely dark forest.

"About that....hehehe. I don't know where we are either." Maria said with a sheepish chuckle and Y/n sighed.

"Well. Isn't that just great." Y/n said but then raised an eyebrow when Maria started sniffing him. "I know I stink, okay. You don't have to remind me." He said with a deadpan.

"Hmmm? You have a very strange smell. It's....kinda a nice smell." Maria said and held onto his rags tightly.

Y/n looked away with a slight blush on his face when Maria dug her head into his chest and continued to sniff him.

"Your smell....It is intoxicating." She said breathless and down his chest, towards his-

"Okay, that is enough smelling." Y/n said and moved away from the succubus. "Come on. We need to find a way out of here."

"Y-Yeah. R-Right." Maria said almost within a daze and shook her head. 'I wonder what was that smell? It smelt so lovely.' She thought staring at Y/n's back as he began to walk through the forest.

'So this is the Demon World, huh? An ex-Hero in a land of Demons. How nice....well....I guess I too am a Demon.' Y/n thought to himself and stared at his Demonic arm.

"Uhm....I think we need to go this way." Maria said pointing behind her and chuckled sheepishly.

"Y-Yeah. I'll follow behind you." Y/n said and they began to make their way out of the forest.

After walking in relative silence, Y/n decided to make conversation.

"So...Earlier, you were crying. Did something happen?" Y/n asked curiously and Maria sighed.

"Do you....I don't really know how to explain it but, do you ever have those moments where expect so much from you and you just feel like running away?" Maria asked and Y/n's eyes widened in shock.

"Yeah...I know that feeling all too well. I guess that is the reason why I am in this mess in the first place. So much was expected from me, but I decided to take my own path." Y/n said and Maria looked at him in surprise. "You shouldn't care about other people's opinions. It is your life. Live how you want to."

Tears began to flow down Maria's cheeks but she shook her head.

"I wish I could. But...it is my fault that she is like that...That's why...I have to live up to people's expectations." She said sadly and Y/n sighed softly.

"Well. It is your life-" Y/n started but Maria screamed out loud before jumping into his arms.

"AaaahhH!!!! EEW!!! GROSS!!!" Maria shouted clinging to Y/n tightly.

"What?! What is it Maria?!" Y/n asked frantically and Maria pointed.

"There! It's a hanako!!" She shouted and Y/n followed where she was pointing.

"Eh?" Y/n asked with a deadpan.

There was a small demonic-looking cockroach crawling where Maria was.

"Really? You are afraid of that small thing?" Y/n asked with a deadpan and Maria began to squeal in disgust.

"GET AWAY! GET AWAY!!!" Maria shouted and Y/n sighed.

With a straight face, Y/n crushed the bug underneath his feet. He wiped the crushed Demonic insect on the dirt.

"Why did you do that?! Are you a baka?!" She asked with wide eyes and Y/n looked confused.

Suddenly, out from the ground, a numerous amount of Demonic-Cockroaches appeared and Y/n's eyes widened.

"Oh Shi-"

The cockroaches then all scurried toward Y/n and Maria. MAria held onto Y/n tightly and he leaped into the air. From one tree to another, Y/n jumped and Maria shut her eyes.

"Now I know where we are! This is Hanako forest! Home of flesh-eating cockroaches!!!" Maria shouted while frantically shaking her head.

"Wow! What a lovely place!!" Y/n shouted.

"Your sarcasm is not needed in this situation!"

Y/n looked over his shoulder and sweat dripped down his forehead when he saw a sea of cockroaches heading for them.

'Tch. No choice.' Y/n thought and flipped Maria over so that she was on his back. "Hang tightly!"

Maria wrapped her arms around Y/n's neck and squeezed tightly.

"Too tight! TOO TIGHT!!" Y/n shouted with a blue face and tapped her arm repeatedly.

Once Maria loosened her grip, while still in the air, Y/n turned around and faced the sea of bugs. His Demonic arm disappeared and his katana appeared in his left hand. In a blink of an eye, Y/n unsheathed and then sheathed his sword. A void of slashes then appeared and a large group of cockroaches were cut into pieces before disappearing.

Maria's eyes widened in shock before shutting them again as more bugs appeared. Y/n clicked his teeth before continuing to ran away.

"Dam it. This sucks and even Banish Cut isn't making a dent. We need to get out of this forest." Y/n said and focused on his senses.

He heard the splashing of water and immediately went in that direction. They arrived at a large cliff that had a waterfall.

"What?! Are you crazy?!" Maria asked shocked and looked at the approaching bugs.

"You got any other ideas." Y/n said.

"Aaaah! Screw it!" Maria shouted and Y/n wrapped his arms around her before jumping off the cliff.

As soon as Y/n and Maria hit the water, everything went blank...

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"I wonder where Y/n is now..." Basara spoke out loud as he looked at the night sky of their new home.

"Me too Basara." Jin said as he too joined his soon. "He just vanished after he left us by the Hero village. It was like he didn't want to be found." He then took out a cigarette and wanted to light it, but he put it away.

"What do you mean? Basara asked confused.

"I couldn't even sense him when he left us. Something is blocking his presence..."

"Tousan....About what Y/n said...about our mother..." Basara said softly and Jin sighed.

"Basara. Let's talk about this another day after we find your brother. Sometimes he can be just as stubborn as...." Jin then trailed off. "Anyway. Tomorrow I am going to see someone who might know where to find your brother. In the meantime, to get your mind of this whole thing, I have decided to enroll you in school." He said with a sad smile and Basara nodded.

"Yeah...I guess." Basara said simply and went back to staring outside of the window.

'Maybe...just maybe SHE would know where he is.' Jin thought with a depressed face.