*Kylie: This is not connected in any way to the other story. It focuses more on the girl searching for her younger brother and ends up meeting Tyki. I know that it is easy to tell which is the younger brother so I'm not going to mention who he is anymore. I hope you'll like it.

Chapter 1

Tyki Mikk was walking down the streets while the rain was pouring down. He didn't bother with an umbrella since he liked the rain and it could easily pass through him. While walking down the streets, he hears the sound of crying and found a little girl of age four on the cold street calling for her mother. He picked her up and noticed he unusual arm. It was deformed and had a cross marking. It was innocence. He pitied the child and decided to kill her there so she won't suffer fighting in the war while seeing meaningless deaths. He was about to pull her heart away fast so the pain won't be long but was stopped by a voice of girl.

"Excuse me sir, is that your child?"

He then faced her and saw a girl about seventeen years old. She had looked at him with deep black eyes. She had long wavy black hair and wore simple clothing for a girl her age. She seemed a bit scared as to what he could do but stood there and said those words with defiance. She was strong and will not let him get away with what she thought he was about to do with the child.

She guessed right but he won't do it now that she knows. She was interesting and he decided to know more about her so he changed his plans.

"No, I found her lying there down on the cold street."

"What do you intend to do with her?"

"I was planning on taking her to the orphanage. Do you know where it is?"

"Yes, sir. I work there. You can leave her with me and I'll take her there."

"Lead the way. I'll take her there with you. It wouldn't be safe after all for a lady and a little girl to walk unaccompanied in the streets at night. And I wouldn't be a gentleman if I don't accompany you."

"Thank you for your concern then, sir, but you are as suspicious as those other people you know."

"How can I remove the doubt then from a beautiful lady such as you?"

"Thank you for the compliments despite the doubt I placed on you. If you give your name, where you live and a bit about yourself, the doubt might lessen a bit."

"Well, my name is Tyki Mikk and I'm not really from here and I guess that added doubt. I am Portuguese. I have an older brother and a niece. May I now have the pleasure of knowing the beautiful lady's name and a bit about herself?"

"I am Alyce Wynne, Sir Mikk. And I was not born here as well but I transferred here and currently work at the orphanage. I am British. I have a father and an older brother whom I care nothing about. My mother is long dead and my younger brother is lost."

"Lady Wynne, I am sorry for your lost. I wouldn't have asked if I have known."

"No need to be sorry, Sir Mikk. It had been years since that day. And please just call me Alyce. I have no stand at all in society."

"But with such beauty, it is such a shame. Might I introduce you then?"

"No thank you, Sir Mikk. I don't like society that well."

"Please call me Tyki instead of Sir Mikk. There is no need to be formal if we are trying to know each other."

"Very well, I'll call you Tyki."

"With a lot of thanks, Alyce."

I don't really know what to say about Tyki. He has a bit of a shady character even if he was dressed in those fancy clothes which were wet because of the rain. He acts like a gentleman but I am still wary of him. He followed me while carrying the child. We shared the umbrella that I brought so the child won't get sick. He never complained about the child even if it was a long way and he didn't care that his suit got dirty because of carrying her. He became quiet after awhile until we reached the orphanage.

When I first saw him holding the child, I actually thought that he had plans on killing her after seeing that deformed hand of hers but now with the way he holds her like a treasure, my eyes must have been wrong. He was about to place her down on the bed when she suddenly woke up.

"Where am I?"

I asked him to wait over there while I talked with the child.

"In the orphanage. What is your name? Do you have any family?"

"My daddy's dead and then some weird thing came out of my mother. I was so scared and then my arm changed into something else and then it hit the weird thing that came out from my mother. I killed her. I killed mommy who was my only family."

"You didn't. You saved their souls. That weird thing that came out was akuma and your arm is innocence. They're both resting in peace right now in heaven watching over you."

"What's an akuma?"

"Those are killing machines that the earl creates. They're evil and it's a good thing you stopped one of them."

"Really?"

"Yes, so you have to promise me to be s strong girl. Even if you do well by helping those souls, a child as young as you shouldn't be involved in the war yet. I promise that I will do my best to keep you out of the war so you'll have to promise to listen to me. I'll become your new family. I'll be your older sister. My name is Alyce. What's yours?"

"It's Lilia. Who is he?"she said inquiringly as she pointed to Tyki.

"His name is Tyki Mikk. He was the one who found you and brought you here."

She walked towards him.

"Hello, Sir Mikk. I'm Lilia. Thank you for bringing me here."

"Nice to meet you, Lilia. You can just call me Tyki."

"Okay."

The two of them talked for awhile. She kept asking him questions about different things while I fixed the records and paperwork for her stay here. I noticed Lilia's arm when I first saw her, it was deformed. It didn't bother me but I wondered why it didn't bother Tyki as well.

The clock striked ten and Tyki had to leave. He had Lilia put to sleep then went over to me.

"Would it be fine if I visited here?"

"I guess it's fine. You're not much of a stranger anymore."

"I'm grateful that the lady does not doubt me anymore."

"Stop calling me lady or I'll make sure you never step a foot in this place."

"Fine I won't, Alyce. How did you know about akuma and innocence?"

"I saw my friend turn into an akuma and then exorcists came and helped us."

"Were you not bothered by her hand?"

"No, it actually reminds me of my lost brother. He had one like hers. And I only saw him once. My father had him taken away all because of that arm. If he did not have an arm like that, I might not have a description that can help find him. She reminded me of him and made me want to protect her from the war and from other people who don't take so kindly of things like this. And I wonder as well, Tyki. Are you not bothered as well? And how did you know about akuma too?"

"I know people who work in an organization that deals with the akuma and innocence. I am not included there though."

"It's already very late. See you then Tyki if you feel like visiting."

"See you then, Alyce."