A/N Here's the next chapter! Thanks to MysticSorceror for editing… and if any of you need an editor, she's your gal! Thanks for all the reviews, and I hope you enjoy this chapter.

"Corn? As in, the vegetable?" Ren asked, trying to act innocent whilst thinking of ways to kill the schoolgirl without harming the precious cargo inside.

Natsu smiled and walked up to him. She held Corn in Ren's face, and, in her Kyoko voice, said, "See this is Corn. He's named after the person who gave it to me. Its mag-i-cal," The girl responded, pretending to be awed. She shook her head. "She's like a little child. Why do you even like her, when you could have me?"

Ren watched her laugh, but didn't do anything. Natsu narrowed her eyes. "Admit it. You love her. Not for her body, but for her childish mind."

The man only continued to stare at her so, she moved her hand under his jaw and started moving it, like a puppet master with a stubborn marionette. "Yes. I love Kyoko with all my heart. I'll tell her all my secrets, so she doesn't learn them the hard way," The girl said it in perfect Ren fashion, her eyes flickering with amusement, then she added, "So you'll do exactly what Natsu says, just so Kyoko-chan does… not…get…hurt."

He tightened his jaw and in doing so, the girl knew she had him. "Excellent. Now, I'm tired," she responded, exaggerating with a cute little yawn, "I'm going to bed. Night!"

As she was about to strut away, she heard a barely contained voice behind her. "What do you know?"

She spun around and blinked innocently. "It's not what I know, it's how I learned it."

Ren stared at her with angry eyes. He had never liked being played with whether it was in the past or now. "How did you learn it?"

"You. When you have a bored audience watching you every time you're around Kyoko, we're bound to catch things that she just ignores." Natsu smiled and held up Corn. "How did you know that Kyoko was from Kyoto? You never did answer her when she asked that."

Ren remembered that day perfectly well. It was the day that he found out that the Kyoko from his past and this Kyoko were one and the same. He looked at the high school girl with a frown. "You weren't even invented then. How do you know that day?"

She flicked away his concerns with a flick of her hand. "I'm part of her. What she knows, I know. I can search through her previous thoughts and find what I'm looking through like that." She snapped her fingers.

"So I'm Corn, so what? That's not major." Ren was rather relieved that was all she knew. That wasn't anything huge except to Kyoko, and it's not like she was around listening to the conversation. This was Natsu.

She smiled. She and Mio had guessed, but she was glad that he had confirmed it without her having to show her cards. "You're correct, it wouldn't be major…if Kyoko hadn't met Kuu Hizuri." She watched the man's face remain neutral, but his eyes seemed to have a sliver of panic. She had to admit, he was used to hiding his emotions whenever Kuu was mentioned.

"What does that have to do with anything? Kuu Hizuri is a great actor." Ren replied with fake smile.

"Yes, he's your role model, your hero, wasn't he?" Natsu said with a devious grin. She strolled to the couch and sat down, crossing her legs, "You know, I wouldn't have made the connection so quickly if Kyoko hadn't butchered Kuu's son's name when she first heard it." Ren closed his eyes. Yes, he could see Kyoko doing that. As he sat there, his hands slightly trembling, the body stealer added, "It also didn't help that you said that Kyoko understood Kuon's feelings."

Ren flopped down on the couch, running his hands anxiously through his hair. He couldn't believe that the person who figured it all out wasn't even a whole person. It was the essence of a person. "What are you going to do with this information?" he asked the too observant girl beside him.

She grinned, picked up his hand, and placed it in her lap. "Nothing. Nothing at all," she responded impishly as she traced around his knuckles.

He yanked his hand out of her reach. "You're Natsu. You don't just do nothing with information. You use it to your advantage." He muttered darkly. He was slowly regretting that Kuu had convinced Kyoko to take this role.

"That is true…" she mused, grating on his last nerve, he reached over and grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at him.

"What do you want?" he questioned, upon his reaction her eyes glittered dangerously.

"A promise," she replied as she pulled his hand off of her. She cinched it between her thumb and index finger, as if holding something that disgusted her.

"What's the promise?" he inquired. She smirked.

"That's for me to know, and for you to figure out. However, for now, I just want you to know that you won't let anyone know that Kyoko has fled the building. I'd hate for someone to get hurt because certain rumours start flying around." she stared at him and seemed to be satisfied. She walked away into the guest room and closed the door, leaning on it.

She smiled as she heard a loud sigh come from the living room and then after a few seconds the click of a beer bottle opening. He's going to need a few of those. She thought with a shake of her head. She stepped into the bathroom and started a bath, while secretly wondering how Kyoko was doing with all this new information.

Mio watched Kyoko curiously. Despite the fact that five demons were hanging on her, the girl was still pacing around her mind. The demons were worrying about her, and several were racing back and forth, trying to find something that would comfort their queen. Mio was happy that the Pandora Box had been opened by Shou, it had made some good servants when they weren't seeking to destroy someone. Just because she had part of Kyoko in her, she got served pretty good as well.

The rich girl watched Kyoko mutter the same words, as if in a trance. "Corn…was Kuon Hizuri…who's Ren…who loves me?!?!?" She kept chanting the same line, stopping her pacing momentarily every time she came to the end of the stanza. Then she would continue, pacing around even faster.

"No matter how many times you say the words, it doesn't mean it isn't true. Just accept it and move on." Mio stated, feeling rather bored. She and Natsu had figured this out long ago, every time Kyoko wondered about something Ren said, but just ignored it.

The red-haired girl stopped and stared at Mio. "It's true? This isn't just Natsu and Ren ganging up to mock me?" She asked, tilting her head, looking rather confused. Mio stared at her for a moment, eyes wide, then placed her head on the table. Her creator was more of an idiot then they thought.