"The village is right up ahead." I said.

"I am not blind, psycho." Iu replied.

"Yes, yes indeed. However Iris can't go in like this." I turned to Iris.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I see you have the ability to morph into things, I don't know if you could also do that to us..."

"The power only limits to me. Also a demon's power is greatly decreased during the day, I must save my power for emergency uses."

"I see, useless demon."

"Go to hell."

"Gladly, show me the way!"

"...What is going to be your plan?" Iu sighed and asked again.

"Let's go grab a new change of clothes."

"You mean stealing from the village."

"I call it borrowing."

"You never return things your borrowed, am I right?"

"Not at all. Once I stole a pistol from a policeman, after I emptied the clip I returned it to him."

"...You are a horrible human being."

"Demon now. And enough arguing are you going to help me or what?"

"...Very well."

We took a detour through the forest at the village edge. On the street I could see kids playing, man working, and women drying clothes...

Bingo.

"You see that women there?" I pointed.

"Are you planning to steal it in plain sight?"

"She's going inside the house right now. Now's our chance...go!" I rushed forward, and ran my way through the bushes and ferns. I got a few scratches and scrapes on my skin, but I couldn't care less. And once there, I grabbed as many clothes as possible, then I ran back like it was a big game touchdown.

"What do you think?" I said, as I presented them the clothes.

"It reeks of human filth." Iu said.

Iris said nothing and simply observed.

"Stop complaining, you useless demon. Just pick one."

"I will never subject to this kind..." before Iu could finish I shoved a set of children clothes in her face.

"What clothes do you want?" I turned to Iris. Then I realized even with the ugly clothes she will still stand out too much, just like Iu. And that was a problem.

"You know what...wait here." I said. As I looked around a little further and eventually I found something that will completely her appearance. I grabbed it came back to her.

"Here, wrap this around your head." I offered her a black kerchief. She paused, then she took it slowly and then she just stared at it. I did a little wrap it around your head motion, she got the message eventually. And she ended up wrapping her head completely. I had to adjust a few places for her, a space for her eyes and also made sure all her hair was hidden, which was hard because she had long hair. But I didn't I want to cut it either, because it was just too pretty. In the end I tied it back into a pony tail. While I did this she didn't even speak, in fact she didn't even move the slightest inch.

"All done." I said.

"Go to hell." Iu appeared from behind me. I took one look at it and I burst out laughing. Laughing so hard, my lungs were beginning to hurt. Eventually I had to stop because I felt I might die choke to death due to laughter.

"You will pay with your life." Iu threatened, but I was impossible to take her seriously in her outfit. She will probably pass as ordinary 8 year old girl in a white summer dress, if it weren't for her peculiar long silvery white hair.

"I am...sorry. Is there anything you can do with your hair?" I asked.

"If you continue to insult me further..." I felt an invisible energy surging around me.

"You can keep the hair, just calm down will you?"

"Very well then. What are you planning to do now?" Iu asked. I paused for a moment then answered:

"For my entire my life I been searching for my desire, and I never found it. And you are my best chance at finding my desire...or you claim you know."

"I never claimed I know, I only said that I will assist you."

"Do you have any clue what my desire might be?"

She paused for a moment, then spoke:

"I cannot foresee it."

"I see. Then we will continue to head south that is."

"I am curious, why are you constantly trying to avoid fate?"

When Iu said the word fate I snickered a little.

"Fate has a different meaning to each person. I am not so eager to meet my fate yet, because most of the time it means it means one has met ones end."

"Death?"

"Not necessarily, just the end of something. And it has to be inevitable."

"If it was inevitable, why do you still persist on escaping it?"

"Fear makes up a huge factor of it. Sometimes we struggle against the inevitable out of fear. But the ironic thing is without fear there would be no such things as bravery or courage."

"Bravery? Courage?"

"Those words are hollow without fear. There is an English saying 'There is nothing to fear but fear itself.' Fear is one of the greatest enemies of mankind yet at same time it's our ally."

"Why?"

"Only with fear are men cautious of what they do. A man without fear is foolish. As bravery is made up with half courage and stupidity. Another ironic thing, is that fear is the best motivation, its efficiency far beyond any other emotion."

"Were you always this cynical?"

"No. There was a time I was as innocent as a blank piece of paper, then people started writing things on it. But how can a paper know if the things written on the paper are bad or not?" I found myself chuckling.

"Unbelievable."

"What do you expect? All I can tell you is this; society gives birth to monsters like me, which makes society the mother of all monsters."

"...I fail to understand humans."

"It's better you don't." I found myself chuckling again.

"What is your decision then?"

"We are going to accumulate food and ask for directions."

"To where?"

"Where my heart leads." I put a hand over my heart for no apparent reason.