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Saphron pulled on his hand as he lay down. "Come with me..."

And he did so.

Saphron lay agaisnt him, a smile on his lips as he closed his eyes again,.

Kanda put his arms gently around Saphron and soon fell asleep.

About halfway through the night, Saphron awoke in the bed. He had a huge urge for some candy. Why? It's Saphron, there is no why. He tried to wriggle free from Kanda's arms.

Kanda just let go and turned over without waking up.

Eh-Hem....

Saphron went outside into the courtyard to eat his Candy. It was just the usual, nothing all that special. He walked outside and sat on the bench, eating and humming the song from earlier.

And, he didn't return that night. Nor did he in the morning.

Kanda was quite worried. He was going to wait alittle longer before completely panicking.

Yeah, he's not coming back.

Not cool.

Alright! *cracks nuckles*

Kanda ordered a search party to search the entire city. He didn't know what to do other than that.

Weeks went by, until a message was sent to the Palace in Xing. Adressed to Kanda.

And he was all "OMG!" and read it as soon as he could get his hands on it.

The message had two copies, one was in Drachminain while the other was in rough Xingian. It read:

'Emperor Kanda,

We have you Emperess. He is currently under our control, and there is no way of escape for him. Surrender our Prince and he'll be left unharmed. If not, we'll infect him with a infectious disease that will spread throughout his body. If your texts are correct, he'll live for Eternity with the pain

There was a photo of Saphron, hands tied in a rather cruddy looking prisoners uniform. A small dress-like thing. He was gagged and his eyes were blindfolded. Tears soaked the fabric.

" What the hell is this!? Why would they assume that we have their...Dammit!! " Kanda felt like crying. But didn't.

And newer pictures were sent every week. Saphron looking worse and worse from not eating nor sleeping.

And Kanda decided to wage war on Drachma.

Drachma only fought back, not knowing what else to do. Although, it was futile considering Xing owned both their country and Ametris.

Kanda would do anything to get Saphron back. Even if it meant destroying the entire country. And he intended on doing so.

Meanwhile...

The Father was almost happy about the war. Thousands were getting killed. He called all his 'children' together.

And they were all present.

Kent was unable to leave Envy. He was terrified about having to at any point in time. He stood behind him, hidden as he held his hand tightly.

The Father spoke up. "Because of the Xingian-Drachminian war, thousands are being killed. You will eat soon my children, because I'll be able to make stones." he started.

And they were all "Yaaaay~!" but said nothing.

Envy just let Kent do as he pleased for now.

Kent held his hand tighter at the mention of this. He was joking when he said he was the Prince of Drachma. Though, he didn't understand why Xing would wage war over Drachma. It made him sad to think there was a war going on in his country, and looked away.

The Father went on for a while. "All we need is a vessel, to carry the souls." He smirked at Envy. "I'm going to put that boy into good use now."

" What? No! Use some other human..! "

"Why, when there's one right here?"