10 years past...
"Exyle please wait for me!"
Rachella shouted at the top of her lungs, trying to stop the figure from running away from her.
Why did he even come up with this sort of stupid game?
This game was planned by that crazy demon, Exyle. Whoever touch the base of the enemy first will be the winner but of course, the base is deeply hidden in a secret area where no one will know. That's why this game is hard and here she is, trying to find the secret area where Exyle hid his base.
You will know if it is the base because it is marked with both their painted hands.
She's been trying to roam around the area, when she saw Exyle running towards her base.
The idiot found her secret base!
"Exyle, wait!"
"In here, hurry!"
The figure is playfully running fast then slow, trying to make fun of Rachella who is also running with her best.
F**k!
She cannot help but to curse when she saw the figure of Exyle slowly decreasing because of the distance.
She stop for a second, trying to catch her breath. Of course she cannot be compared to Exyle in terms of running and endurance. She's already sweating and breathing heavily but that demon is still running like he only has just began to. Crazy demon!
She sighed and rubbed her temples. Maybe she should just give up knowing that it is pointless chasing him.
"Booo!"
Bang!
Pa!
In the bushes, a figure suddenly comes out and scared the young girl who is thinking deeply. The images of Rachella's face when he will shock her are already in his head and just waiting for the right time. But a slap and a punch were the thing that greeted him.
"Nice try Exyle"
She felt sorry for what she just did to Exyle but thinking about what he just did, made her fume.
He knows her very well, she can easily get scared and by reflex, her hand will slap and punch anything in front of her.
The stinging sensation and the metallic taste of blood was the only thing that Exyle felt and tasted, the ringing of his ear still didn't disappear.
Hurts!
This woman didn't even care who it was!
Instead of being angry, Exyle slowly stood up, held something in his hand, stepped and walked over to Rachella.
"You can't hurt me!"
Rachella put both of her hands above her heads while crossing it.
Exyle just smiled and chuckled.
"Hands"
Rachella hesitated first but still choose to show her hands to Exyle while closing her eyes.
But the pain that she was expecting never happened, instead a smooth yet hard thing is now in her hands.
A pendant.
When she opened her eyes, a wooden pendant appeared with her name carefully carved in the middle. Such a talent.
She looked at Exyle in amazement.
The idiot just smiled while looking up, proudly while his tails is wagging .
Wait tails.
His nine tails are showing!
"Exyle, you tails! Quickly, hide it. No one must see it."
"Oh, right."
Exyle is a nine tailed demon fox.
A demon is not new here, but Exyle is.
The demons are stronger and powerful here because they have a power and that what humans do not possess.
Exyle is stronger that any demons, he is a rare one , after all. Nine tailed demon fox is a rare creature because it possesses more than one power, enough to let the other demons to grow jealous of him and humans to fear him, that's why Exyle must hide it at all cost. Not only humans are hunting him, but also demons.
"There! Now come!"
She let him dragged her.
Who would have thought that this child is the same bruised boy that she saved in that oasis, the running and frightened demon. And now it's been years since then, and now she can say that she already found the key to this boy's tightly locked heart.
The place is covered with different colored plants and a gorgeous formed lake, it perfectly blended with the nature, showing the serenity of the place together with the wildlife but this beauty made Rachella pouts.
This is the place where she hid her base. She looked at the area where her base is located and frowned when she saw that it was already marked by Exyle.
See? It's a stupid game and she is a stupid one.
She already knew she will never win the game that was planned by Exyle.
"Fine. Now what do you want me to do?"
The winner of this game can ask for anything to the loser.
"Close your eyes and don't get angry."
Exyle's cheeks are now pink and as if asking her in a shy way.
Rachella, as the loser of the game, cannot help but to comply to what Exyle wants.
She closes her eyes.
As the darkness filled her vision, she felt something touched her lips. She quickly opened her eyes just to see Exyle already running in a very long distance.
"Exyle, come here! You-you kiss stealer!"
She ran towards her with a blushing face.
****
"Hey..."
They are both sitting underneath a shaded part of the tree.
"How many time do I have to tell you? It's Rachella and not-"
Rachella look at Exyle . She stopped when she saw him looking from afar seriously.
"I don't think that all humans are wicked. Maybe you're right, they are just blinded by the hatred, like me."
Exyle is smiling and looked as if a heavy burden is lifted off from his shoulders.
"But if there is someone who will guide them, then maybe they wouldn't have done that.
So please Rachella, don't leave me."
"I don't care anymore as long as you are here."
Rachella smiled. She's afraid she cannot do it. Her time is already running out.
Maybe she can, even just a little bit more.
Please...
Even for just a little.